Aucklanders must get out of cars, onto public transport, says emissions plan

Aucklanders must get out of cars, onto public transport, says emissions plan
Aucklanders will need to take far more trips on public transport by 2030. (Image: AT).
Oliver Lewis
After decades of car-centric planning, Auckland has just eight years to radically transform the transport sector and rebalance it towards more sustainable modes, a plan said today.Walking and cycling trips will have to increase tenfold, and public transport use will have to go up fivefold to achieve a 64% reduction in transport emissions by 2030, relative to 2016 levels.The ambitious targets are set out in the proposed Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway (TERP) released by the Auckland council on Monday.The pathway document sets out 11 areas...

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