Guides
Plain answers to the questions TMP designers ask about NZGTTM, council checks and TMP software. Each guide links its sources and shows when we last checked them.
Before you submit
- Checking a TMP before you submit: what councils send back under NZGTTM
- What NZ councils look for when they review an NZGTTM traffic management plan, what gets TMPs sent back, and how to check yours before you submit.Last checked: 22 October 2026
- An NZGTTM TMP checklist before you submit
- A practical NZGTTM checklist for TMPs, built from what Auckland Transport, Queenstown Lakes District Council and Christchurch City Council publish about reviewing TMPs.Last checked: 23 October 2026
The move to NZGTTM
- NZGTTM deadlines by council
- When NZ councils stop accepting CoPTTM TMPs and move to NZGTTM: the national dates and each council's own published dates, with links. Checked Oct 2026.Last checked: 23 October 2026
- What changed from CoPTTM to NZGTTM for TMP designers
- What NZGTTM changes for TMP designers: risk assessment first, evidence over layouts, the forms, generic TMPs, warrants and the new TTM micro-credentials.Last checked: 23 October 2026
Choosing your software
- TMP software in New Zealand: how the options compare
- The main TMP software options in New Zealand side by side: what each does, what it costs, which standards it covers, and how to choose. Checked Oct 2026.Last checked: 23 October 2026
- Xuro and RapidPlan compared
- A factual side-by-side of Xuro and RapidPlan for NZ TMP design: platform, price, maps, signs, standards, automatic layouts, swept paths, export and review.Last checked: 23 October 2026
