Road Safety

The Safer Journeys approach represents a fundamental shift in the way we think about road safety. There are four cornerstones to the delivery of a safe system.

They are:

• People make mistakes,
• People are vulnerable,
• We need to share responsibility, and
• We need to strengthen all parts of the system.

For more information about Roadsafe Taranaki please contact:

Marion Webby
Road Safety Co-ordinator
Roadsafe Taranaki
Ph: 0800 111 323 Email: [email protected]

Let's Go - New Plymouth District Council

Let’s Go is all about getting people in New Plymouth district to choose walking, riding or taking the bus over using cars for short trips.

It all began in June 2010 when New Plymouth District Council was one of two Councils (the other was Hastings) awarded a combined $7 million over two years to develop walking and cycling initiatives to encourage people out of their cars and onto our shared pathways and streetscapes. The project was branded 'Let's Go'.

From a community safety point of view, Let’s Go encompasses both infrastructure changes, such as pathway upgrades and road configuration changes to make cycling and walking safer, as well as attempts at changing people’s safety attitudes and behaviour through things like cyclist skills training at schools and media campaigns.

For more information about the Let's Go programme, contact the team at New Plymouth District Council on 06 759 6060 or by email at [email protected]