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Pedestrian planning and design guide

The Pedestrian planning and design guide published in 2009, was New Zealand's first comprehensive official guide to planning and design for walking.

It has now been superseded by the draft Pedestrian Network Guidance (PNG):
Pedestrian Network Guidance website

Some sections of the PNG are still in development and will be released later this year. If you cannot currently find the information you are seeking in the draft PNG then contact the PNG team for assistance (png@nzta.govt.nz).

1. Introduction

(PDF [PDF, 917 KB]) 

section cover photographs - people walking in park, school crossing point sign.
  • The purpose of this guide
  • Background
  • Methodology
  • The role of walking
  • The guide at a glance

Walking is an essential mode of transportation – everyone is a pedestrian at some stage of each journey.

This guide aims to promote a consistent approach to the planning and design of pedestrian facilities throughout New Zealand.

This section includes an overview of the content of the whole document.


Updated: 17 Nov 2009