The Challenge:

Auckland Transport was looking for high quality, safe facilities that would promote increased uptake of cycling in the Auckland region. A prioritisation exercise was needed to identify strategic routes with the capacity to implement desired safety treatments.

The Outcome:

The Auckland Cycle Network (ACN) was developed to deliver around 1147km of existing and proposed, on- and off-road cycleways, segregated to a hierarchy of Cycle Highways, Cycle Metros, Cycle Connectors and Cycle Feeders, to support a strategic and prioritised focus for development and implementation.

The prioritisation exercise involved establishing a Multi Criteria Analysis Evaluation Framework that identified highly-rated, strategic routes and investigated the ability to implement desired safety treatments. The eventual choice of treatment, influenced by the speed and volume of vehicles,  will range from off-road cycle paths to on-road cycle ways with kerb separations or buffer zones.

Our Involvement:

Resolve worked with Auckland Transport on the prioritisation of the unbuilt sections of the ACN to help ensure the network would meet strategic goals such as safety, connectivity and quality links to public transport.