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What does Urban Design mean to Transit?

Transit is committed to planning for, developing and promoting quality urban design as a signatory to the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol. The challenge for Transit is to incorporate urban design into all aspects of its business from inception through to the maintenance phases of a project, in order to ensure a context sensitive approach in a cost effective manner.

Urban design in Transit is aimed at ensuring that:

• Roads fit in sensitively with the landform and the built, natural and community environments through which they pass;
• All systems of movement along and across the corridor are integrated into the design of projects with good connections and access to communities; and
• The design contributes to the quality of public space and the road users experience.