Auckland's Santa Parade 2023 was once again herded by a fleet of Segway Personal Transporters (PTs).
Event Management company Crackerjack Promotions hired four Segway PTs this year. Their staff benefited from being able to quickly and efficiently move around the staging area, and up and down Queen Street amongst the floats and performers during the parade.
Looking at data from more than a decade of using Segway PTs during Santa Parade, staff typically travel more some 25km each during the course of the day, despite the length of the parade itself being only a handful of kilometres up Queen Street. These figures make clear the utility and value of putting individuals onto Segway PTs for event management. Fewer employees can do more work, more quickly, and achieve much greater "reach" in less time (travelling 3 to 4 times the distance in the same time versus walking). Staff are also less tired, and are more able to complete their work accurately and safely.
Segway NZ Personal Transport Ltd has been providing Segway PTs to Crackerjack Promotions since Santa was a little kid. Crackerjack also hire PTs for other events they manage, including St Patricks Day Parade and Breast Cancer Awareness Walk.
The Segway PT is a proven, safe, and incredibly manoeuvrable device that was designed from the ground up to be easy and appropriate for use in tight, busy pedestrian environments. Equally, it is designed to work well in and amongst multiple-mode transport zones - shared spaces, bicycle lanes, footpaths, low-speed roads, etc. With the rider standing 20cm higher than a pedestrian for increased visibility, their presence is no wider than a person's shoulders and when moving they have a "footprint" smaller than a person walking along. The Segway PT takes up less space than a bicycle or e-scooter, remains balanced when stationary, and can turn on the spot (zero-radius turning...just like a person, really).
Segway NZ News has many past features on using Segway PTs for event management - use the search function to find and read these.
We have models of Segway PTs available for hire for all of your event management and security patrol roles, and we ship or deliver nationwide for short (1 or more days) and longer deployments. Call Philip on 0800 SEGWAY or contact us at segwaynz@icloud.com