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The Travel Safe team work in the community to reduce accidents and improve road safety.

Young Driver Workshop

Free young driver workshops are aimed at road users aged between 16 and 24, who hold a current learner or restricted driver licence. Participants will leave with improved knowledge, confidence, and skills.

Each workshop includes:

  • A 60-minute one-on-one driving lesson with a certified instructor
  • Waka Kotahi NZTA roadworthy vehicle check (what to check to ensure your vehicle is safe and roadworthy)
  • Driver behaviour awareness (speed, impairment, restraints, distraction, and fatigue 
  • Awareness session on sharing the road with heavy vehicles

Parents/caregivers are strongly encouraged to attend but it’s not compulsory. The four-hour workshops are held during school term holidays, usually between 9am and 1pm.

Drive has everything you need to prepare for your learner, restricted and full licence tests.

Visit the Drive website

Young driver workshop

Car Restraints

Looking for support around car seat restraints? Contact one of our local car seat technicians at travelsafeschools@tauranga.govt.nzWe offer free car seat installations, checks, and will help answer any questions or concerns regarding your car restraint.

Carseat installation

Parking behaviour

Drop off and pick up are busy times that pose a safety risk at the school gate. Travel Safe help schools to communicate things like parking time limits, drop off and pick up zones, parking over the kerb and other safety risks at the school gate. We deliver an in-school parking and safety programme named Peaceful Parker, and partner with council parking officers to do school visits when requested by schools or the community.

Blindzone Workshops 

Blindzone workshops allow people to see the world from a truck driver’s point of view. Through a series of practical scenarios, participants will learn where to place themselves so they are visible to truck drivers and will leave with more awareness and confidence on the road. 

For more on Blindzone and cycling around heavy vehicles visit Share the Road.

Blindzone workshop

Be Bright, Be Safe, Be Seen

This winter visibility programme reminds cyclists, walkers, runners, and scooter riders to have lights, bright clothing, and reflective gear if they are out and about during early mornings, evenings, and at other times of low light and poor visibility. 

Whether commuting to work or school, being active for fun or fitness, or popping down to the local shops, people should take extra care and keep safe by being fully visible on roads and paths. 

All cyclists are encouraged to wear high-visibility clothing and ensure their front light, rear light and rear red reflector are all working correctly and are clean.

View the official New Zealand code for cycling for more information.
 

Related news

Cameron Road upgrade back on track

The continued upgrade of Cameron Road to support housing intensification on Te Papa peninsula is back on track with Council confirming it wants to go ahead with delivery of the project from 17th Avenue to Maleme Street.

After confirmation that anticipated co-funding from NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) was not prioritised in the current National Land Transport programme (NLTP), a revised value for money option for the upgrade was presented to Council today. 

A unanimous decision was made at a Council meeting today to commit to delivering the project and to go out to the community for their feedback on the revised concept design.

The transport components of the project – worth $98.8 million - can potentially be funded solely via the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (Crown grant), Infrastructure Funding and Financing Levy (of which ratepayers have contributed about $20 million), and developer contributions. The waters components – worth another $86.7 million – are fully funded in the 2024-2034 Long-term Plan.

The ’emerging preferred’ concept design includes four-laning Cameron Road, from 17th Avenue near Tauranga Hospital to Maleme Street by the Tauranga Racecourse, as well as separated on-road cycle lanes and shared paths for walking and cycling where there is limited space.

The outside lanes are proposed to operate as transit lanes in peak periods with on-street parking still available in the off peak. In the long-term, these lanes could be converted to full-time transit lanes.

There are multiple options proposed for Greerton Village that would see either two lanes or four lanes of traffic, and traffic signals or roundabouts at the Chadwick Road and Cornwall Street intersections.

Mayor Mahé Drysdale says the revised concept plan is a practical, value for money solution that will provide Council with the best opportunity to deliver the project now.

“The Cameron Road Stage 2 upgrade is a key driver for enabling growth in Tauranga, which is currently experiencing a housing crisis,” says Mahé. 

“Without the right infrastructure – improved roads and upgrades to our aging water supply and wastewater network – we are not going to be able to meet the demand for new houses.

“We have already invested in Cameron Road Stage 1 and in the Tauriko Enabling Works, which facilitate the development of 2400 homes in Tauriko West, and open the opportunity for extensive development in the city’s Western Corridor. The full benefit of this won’t be realised without the Cameron Road Stage 2 improvements, which will link people from the west to the city centre and beyond, contributing to the Tauranga’s economic growth and prosperity.” 

The Infrastructure Acceleration Fund is currently undergoing a review so there is a risk that this funding source could be lost, however the fund administrator advised that if Council made a commitment to deliver the Cameron Road Stage 2 upgrade by 30 June 2030, this could increase the chance of keeping this funding. 

Community engagement on the concept design will get underway following confirmation from central government that anticipated Infrastructure Acceleration Fund contributions remain available, with a report back to the City Future Committee in 2026 to confirm the design before it moves into detailed design planning.
 

Posted: Aug 26, 2025,

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