Traffic Design Group (TDG) was a
consultancy in New Zealand. The largest
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(Futureintech, Government-funded initiative of IPENZ) specialist
traffic engineering and
transport planning consultancy in the country, they had offices in
Auckland,
Tauranga,
Hamilton,
Hawke's Bay,
Wellington,
Nelson,
Christchurch and
Queenstown[Where transportation and people meet](_blank)
(Traffic Design Group website) and are nationally recognised in their field.
The company has been active in the New Zealand transport sector since 1976.
TDG was acquired by
Stantec in 2018.
Scope and projects
TDG has provided consulting services on various large projects, including examples such as wind farms,
event locations like
SkyCity Auckland
Skycity Auckland is an entertainment complex and casino in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand, between Victoria and Federal Streets. Located at the base of the Sky Tower, it was the second casino in New Zealand, and is the o ...
casino
or
Stadium New Zealand
Stadium New Zealand, often called the Waterfront Stadium, was the provisional name for a national stadium proposed for the Auckland waterfront to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The stadium never advanced beyond a concept design.
The possible cho ...
(where they assessed the traffic and parking effects of providing a major new 60,000 seat stadium on the Auckland waterfront, and which they supported as a viable location in terms of traffic).
TDG has also planned the pedestrian elements of the
Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
Other projects the company has worked on include
traffic modelling A traffic model is a mathematical model of real-world traffic, usually, but not restricted to, road traffic. Traffic modeling draws heavily on theoretical foundations like network theory and certain theories from physics like the kinematic wave mode ...
such as for
NZ Transport Agency , and research reports for government entities, such as 'The Ins and Outs of Roundabouts', a
safety audit of
roundabout
A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.''The New Shorter Oxford En ...
research. Another field the company is very active in is traffic survey work, having, for example, long produced the traffic volume reports of the
New Zealand state highway network for
Transit New Zealand (now
NZ Transport Agency),
State Highway Traffic Volumes 2001-2005
(New Zealand Transport Agency) and having been contracted by Christchurch City Council and also Waikato Local Authority Shared Services to gather interview traffic data from more than 25,000 drivers in the Christchurch and Waikato areas, to inform future traffic planning odels
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External links
Traffic Design Group
Engineering companies of New Zealand
Consulting firms
Consulting firms established in 1976