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Travel Safe

Travel Safe is an all-ages community focused approach to road safety in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.

A joint initiative between Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, NZ Police, and NZ Transport Agency. The Travel Safe team partner with and work alongside communities, schools, parents, caregivers, volunteers, and students, to deliver programmes and initiatives to reduce accidents and improve road safety.

The programmes are developed to address identified high risks for targeted audiences.

Travel Safe is driven by guiding principles:

  • listening to communities
  • keeping it simple and flexible
  • developing community and school ownership at the beginning
  • strengthening community action
  • developing personal skills
  • creating supportive environments
  • supporting building healthy public policy
  • valuing volunteers

Find out more using the links below and follow Travel Safe on Facebook for updates.

Rail Safety Week 2025

Stay safe on the region’s 86 railway level crossings by always expecting the unexpected and watching out for trains.

Bay of Plenty students lead the way for Rail Safety Week

Share with care

Share with care on our pathways. Whaia te ara. Stay left, slow down, keep dogs close.

Let’s share our pathways with care

Stay bus smart

A video campaign reminds students how to stay safe when catching the bus to and from school.

Students urged to stay bus smart with new safety campaign

Latest news

40km/h variable speed limits for schools

Tauranga City Council are introducing new speed limit signage at five schools across Tauranga: Tauranga Intermediate, Aquinas College, Golden Sands School, Taumata School and Matua School.

The new variable electronic speed signs are LED panels and will display 40 inside a red circle and will be activated at peak times before and after school. These will be accompanied by fluorescent yellow metal School Zone signs.  

The 40km/h speed limit will provide a safer environment near schools during times of peak activity. The electronic signs will also allow a lower speed limit of 30km/h to be displayed in the future if new legislation is passed by government, as expected.  

The 40km/h variable speed limit is the maximum legal speed that you can travel when the signs are operating on the road under good conditions. The speed limit will revert to 50km/h when the signs are not operating. 

40 km speed sign

Posted: Aug 3, 2021,

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