Totara Street:
Route to Mt
Maunganui past
NZ’s busiest Port
Mauo
(Mt Maunganui)
Rata Street
Bay Oval Link
Maunganui
Totara Street
Road
Route
Hull Road
SH2 Hewletts Road
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Totara Street Transport
Tauranga City
Committee
Council:
A Client
Perspective
Project Goals
• Provision of a seamless, protected and high
quality cycle connection
• Enhanced safety for people on bikes
• People on bikes of all confidence levels are
catered for
• Improved operation and safety of the corridor, in
particular for heavy vehicles
• Improved road crossing points for pedestrians
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Totara Street Transport
Committee
Key Facts
• High priority Port and Industrial operations
• Nationally Strategic corridor
• More than 19,000 daily traffic,10 to 20% HCV’s
• 25 trains per crossing per day
• 2338 people on bikes a week
• Current facilities for cyclists and road users are
inadequate
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Totara Street Feedback
Feedback
• 80% of respondents agree or agree with suggestions
• 80% of business and Ports of Tauranga disagreed with
proposal on western alignment
Suggestions
• Support for physically separated facilities.
• Improvements to Hull Road/Totara Street roundabout.
• Considerations of landscaping planting and to not
remove trees.
• Completing the connection to Mount Maunganui.
Photo of Christchurch example
• Safety matters relating to Totara Street/Hewletts Road
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Totara Street Feedback
Those opposing the cycle proposal
• Two-way cycle lanes and conflict between people
on bikes.
• Drivers looking for people on bikes coming from
Photo of truck on entry to Totara Street
the opposite direction to normal traffic flow.
• Conflict and visibility issues between vehicles at
multiple commercial driveways.
Photo of Christchurch cycleway example
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Safety by Design
Route Selection Options
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Port and Rail
• Ports working with NZTA and TCC
on longer term solutions
• Totara Street is not planned as
main Port Route
• Speed limit change
• Alternatives are being sought
including linking through Te Maire
Street
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Where and Why
Safety audit at scheme level strongly disagrees with cycleway on the
Port Side (left/west)
Why
•
Numerous commercial entrances used by heavy
vehicles 26 vs 6
•
Dangerous goods, chemical and bitumen storage
•
Lack of sight distance on exit
•
Cyclists at risk from left turning trucks on entry
•
Trucks require 20m stacking length
Initial concept plan
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Where and Why
Design team and Client Workshop resolution for vulnerable users
Cycleway and footpath East side (right)
• Reduced heavy vehicle entrances
• Clearer passage
• Rail crossing switching gear
• Avoids truck stop
• Removed from Port traffic
•
Require bi-directional
Design treatments required to make this as safe as possible
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Workshop Design Decision
Cruise Ships
Mid block Signals
Hull Road
Port of Tauranga
(2.4km waterfront)
Triton Avenue
Retail
Waimarie (modify existing)
Mid block Signals
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Workshop Design Process
Signalised Mid-Block Crossings
• 2 signalised crossings
• Located back from intersection
• Urban design approach treatment
Urban design by Isthmus
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Workshop Design Decision
Industrial Crossings
• WSP Opus Research recommendation
• Concrete judder bar built in
• Green cycleway pedestrian bars
• Advanced thermal detection
• Activated warning signs at entrance
Urban design by Isthmus
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Safety Design Decision
Retail Crossings
• Set back 5m
• WSP-Opus Research recommendation
• Bolt on judder bar
• Green cycleway pedestrian bars
• Signage for vehicles at dual entrances
• Cyclist warning signs on approach
Photo of Christchurch example
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Workshop Design Decision
Railway Crossings
• 2 x automated gates
• VeloStrail
• ALCAM & LCSIA
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Christchurch examples
Workshop Design Decision
Signalised Intersections x 3
• Port entrance of Hull Road
•
Existing roundabout
•
No ‘U’ turn facility
•
logs
• Tee intersection of Triton Ave
•
Storage to Port
• Pedestrian phase across Totara
• Rail Crossing
• Modify signal layout at Waimarie
•
Remove left slip
•
Avoids truck stop
• Hewlett’s Road (Existing signals)
Video of intersections
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Workshop Design Decision
Bus stops
• Buses stop in live lane
• Raised platform within cycleway
Detail of Christchurch example
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Workshop Design Decision
Signalised crossing &
Gateway to Bay Oval
• Opportunity for urban design
Why Cross
• Avoids side roads and retail
• Makes use of available berm
• Road cross section can be
modified
Urban Design by Isthmus
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Design Decision
Rata St Link
• Connects to the Mt
• Connects to cruise ships
Design considerations
• Make use of left turn lane
• Reallocate road space
• Visibility at intersection
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Questions ?
