Governments & councils

Know your footpaths. Fix what matters first.

Build a clearer picture of footpaths, crossings and the routes connecting public places.

Access Quest Professional suite showing a mapped Hamilton project, feature categories and survey controls
Access Quest Professional suite · project map and feature controls

Ground-truth data for your network

We collect objective, ground-truth data across your pedestrian network. We record 40 environmental feature types, including above-ground infrastructure, so the same dataset can support your asset management. Agree the features and coverage for your project before collection.

Key amenities. Clear priorities.

We identify the key amenities that anchor your community, then define key routes between them. Urgent, high and medium priority barriers along the agreed routes go onto an evidence-based to-do list.

Evidence for decisions

That evidence helps you explain decisions to governance and funders, and support funding bids. Findings describe the surveyed conditions and collection dates; they do not guarantee funding or accessibility on every journey.

Journey planning on your council website

Our web app can carry your branding and be embedded on your council website, so residents can plan accessible journeys without leaving your site.

Ask about a branded, embedded version

How it works

Agree the survey area, feature inventory and review criteria. Our team collects, tags and checks the observations, then works with you on the reporting and priority routes.

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From observations to priorities

Selected routes. Connected places.

From the Palmerston North City Accessibility Report, October 2026 refreshed working draft, updated 20 October. The analysis uses existing survey records, predominantly from late 2025 with later records through April 2026; it is not a new field survey.

Source: Palmerston North City Accessibility Report, October 2026 refreshed working draftKey Routes / Current route overview

Palmerston North selected key routes, with numbered paths on aerial imagery and a corridor programme-group legend

Connections that matter

Selected pedestrian routes connect medical, retail, transport, recreation, education and marae destinations. Line colours identify corridor programme groups, not repair urgency or accessibility ratings. These are report paths, not live turn-by-turn directions. Aerial imagery: LINZ / Palmerston North City Council, CC BY 4.0.

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In their words

Experience from the people we work with.

“The final Smart Access data collection report has given us a road map moving forward to improving accessibility in our city.”

Emma MargettsProject Officer, Hobart City Council

“Allowing students and visitors to have access to the most accessible route and relevant amenities is such a great resource to have!”

Carina FraserAccessibility Manager, Waikato Institute of Technology

“The results of the audit have motivated our organisation to begin to improve all bus stops so they are accessible for all users of public transport to enjoy.”

Rachel DoelmanTransport Facilities Lead, Rotorua Lakes Council

A more accessible world starts on the ground.

What could better data change for you?

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