Transport Engineering Services

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We've been designing, engineering, and delivering transport infrastructure for over 150 years. From the earliest roads and railways that connected communities to delivering the largest rail project in Aotearoa's history, we've been there every step of the way.

WSP in New Zealand - Transport Engineering Services

Our client-centric approach considers the full asset lifecycle from front-end planning, environmental assessments, design, and operation, through to the renewal to drive outcomes for our clients and their customers in the communities we serve.

WSP's global reach allows us to draw on international transport experts to help bring different ideas to our clients in Aotearoa.

Our NZ teams cover consultancy, engineering, and research, enabling us to bring confidence and innovative approaches to transport projects that serve our local communities.

Our planning and urban design teams can articulate policy initiatives and long-term vision for the needs of the end user. We also have considerable experience in policy development, statutory planning, feasibility studies, and growth strategies.

Active Transport Solutions

At WSP, we are dedicated to designing and constructing dependable and convenient active transportation facilities that promote and support healthy and active lifestyles.

From conceptual network planning to detailed facility design and implementation, WSP’s multidisciplinary approach helps in creating healthy and sustainable communities through innovative and effective transportation solutions, as well as complete street planning and design.

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Decarbonisation and Net Zero

WSP guides our clients to find the right path to achieve their decarbonisation goals - while balancing their organisational needs and regulatory requirements.

We understand Aotearoa New Zealand's unique context and can help clients to uncover sustainable opportunities.

Our solutions for Decarbonisation

Urban planning and transit-oriented design

We create active and connected communities with walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods. Our urban planning, landscape architecture, transit design, and infrastructure development experts help shape cities and towns around people, places, and their connections.

Here in Aotearoa, around 86% of our population live in cities – and this is projected to continue or increase. WSP is working with many of these cities to connect people and places via quality spaces where we can live, work, play and visit.

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Vision Zero and Road Safety Solutions

WSP's traffic engineering services prioritise road safety for municipal, regional, and transit clients.

Our experts provide solutions for traffic design issues, including spot improvements and signal timings, as well as full traffic design for large road projects in Aotearoa.

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Active and Multi-Modal Solutions in Aotearoa

Let's Get Wellington Moving

The delivery of this project will transform travel behaviours and touch almost everyone living or commuting in or out of the city.

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Christchurch Major Cycle Routes

This project encourages people to see cycling as a viable transport option to get around the city and provide safe cycle routes for all ages and abilities.

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Safety interventions for transport transformation

Read WSP's recent research on the interventions needed to encourage a shift towards active modes of transports.

Read Insights

Can all the things that contribute to living a good life exist within a 20-minute walk, cycle or quick public transport trip?

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Related projects

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland Transport Electric Bus Study

WSP was mandated by Auckland Transport (AT) and Vector to perform an electric bus power demand study for all Operator depots currently servicing Auckland’s public transportation.

Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Mass Transit Independent Review

WSP carried out a viability assessment for Let's Get Wellington Moving to determine the steps needed to futureproof a route for a possible upgrade to light rail transit.

Auckland, New Zealand

Northern Busway Stations

WSP undertook Detailed Design of bus stations on the Northern Busway, including the architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines.

Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand

Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway

Prioritising sensitive local ecology and stakeholder engagement leads to a groundbreaking new state highway across the Manawatū.

West Coast, New Zealand

Ahaura SH7 Bridge Hydraulic Modelling and Scour Mitigation

Waka Kotahi engaged WSP to progress the design of a new two-lane (SH7) bridge to be located between the existing SH7 Ahaura bridge and the Railway Bridge.

Auckland, New Zealand

City Rail Link

City Rail Link (CRL) is the largest and most complex transport infrastructure project ever undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of Link Alliance, WSP has worked with City Rail Link Ltd and Link Alliance members to help deliver a twin-tunnel underground rail link through central Auckland, including new stations at Te Waihorotiu and Karanga-a-Hape and a redeveloped Maungawhau station. The project will transform how people move through Tāmaki Makaurau, increasing rail capacity, improving access to the city centre and wider region, and enabling faster, more frequent and better-connected journeys.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland Transport Road Safety Programme Business Case

Auckland Transport (AT) commissioned WSP to develop the Road Safety Programme Business Case in accordance with the NZ Transport Agency's Business Case Approach