Election 2017 - Party Policies - Transport - Public Transport
27th May 17, 9:07am
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- Encourage ride-sharing and car-sharing to reduce congestion.
- Supported the continued use of Public Private Partnerships to fund and maintain infrastructure.
- Read more here.
- Commit to building the Congestion Free Network of major public transport projects in Auckland, starting with light rail to the airport.
- Make all public transport free, all the time, for everyone under the age of 19, with a new Youth Green Card.
- Recommit to the Student Green Card, providing free off-peak public transport for all tertiary students and apprentices.
- Wellington Transport Plan: fast track light rail to Newtown and the Airport, help deliver a fully electric bus fleet, and make Wellington safe for cycling.
- Christchurch Transport Plan: invest over $400 million in Christchurch transport to make it easier for people to get around cheaply and quickly, by bike, bus, and train; and establish three new rapid transit lines in Christchurch by 2022.
- Read more here, here, here, here, and here.
- Re-negotiate the 30 year Auckland Transport Alignment Plan (ATAP) with Auckland to develop a modern transport network based on the Congestion Free Network 2.0.
- Create a passenger rail service linking Auckland, Hamilton, and Tauranga and, if justified by demand, upgrade it in stages to a rapid rail network throughout the Golden Triangle.
- Restructure the New Zealand Transport Agency to ensure it can fund the best transport solution for a given region or corridor, regardless of mode, operator or agency responsible.
- Make it easier and safer to walk or cycle in our communities by committing more funding to urban cycleways, active neighbourhoods projects, and the Skypath on Auckland Harbour Bridge.
- Commit an additional $100m from the National Land Transport Fund in capital investment to Greater Christchurch multi-modal public transport, including commuter rail from Rolleston to the CBD as a first step.
- Read more here, here, here, and here.
- Committing up to $267 million of investment over the next three years in the Auckland and Wellington commuter rail networks to support future passenger growth.
- Work with Auckland Council on a mass transit solution between the CBD and Auckland Airport and complete route protection; and to accelerate the AMETI Eastern Busway and associated Reeves Road flyover.
- Continue with the $333 million Urban Cycleways Programme that will see 54 cycleway projects built in 15 centres across the country, marking the single biggest investment in cycling in New Zealand’s history.
- Accelerating the next generation of State Highway projects across Auckland.
- $37 million Wellington Commuter Package will further enhance the reliability of Wellington’s commuter rail network and builds on Budget 2017’s $98.4 million investment in Wellington’s commuter rail network.
- Read more here, here, and here.
- Make excellent quality public transport for people in all major population centres, and in regional areas where there is a need, a major priority.
- Seek to encourage the greatest possible use of public transport, especially at peak times, for people to commute to work, to school, to hospitals, and to meet their other transport needs.
- Make greater use of the Land Transport Fund and other sources of revenue to ensure that public transport is well resourced.
- Subject every major new urban roading project to a requirement that its transport objectives cannot better be achieved partly or wholly through an alternative public transport option or options taking account of regional or national transport strategy criteria as well as a wide range of cost/benefit considerations including externalities and socio-economic considerations, as well as city/district and regional plans. Light rail, ferries, buses with traffic propriety measures, and off road and on road cycling and walking routes must form a part of these considerations.
- Prioritise public transport vehicles and services in favour of electrification over liquid fuel powered vehicles and services, and in favour of high capacity vehicles and services, and in favour of high frequency services at peak times.
- Read more here.
- Make a rail link to the airport a transport priority, with 50% of funding from central government.
- Support a fully connected cycle network with protected cycle lanes; and support Skypath cycle and footpath across the Harbour Bridge to connect the North Shore to the rest of Auckland.
- Extend rail passenger services to commuter towns and cities (like Pokeno and Hamilton).
- Endorse the Congestion Free Network proposed by Greater Auckland for a connected, multi-modal network (funded within existing AT budget).
- Empower Auckland Council to source revenue from alternative sources (e.g. congestion charge, fuel tax) to invest in transport and infrastructure as part of broader rates reform.
- Read more here.
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