Into the mainstream Travel Planning in New Zealand Presentation to 2008 ACT TDM Summit Anna Percy Organisational Strategy Manager Auckland Regional Transport Authority

Infrastructure ServicesPeople

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Auckland 2000 by Bernard Roundhill; centrefold of a 1956 Winstone Aggregates publication

Auckland 2008

Infrastructure ServicesPeople Sustainability

Coverage: 256 Walking School Buses at 110 schools Over 70,000 students at 177 schools involved in Travel Plans 53,000 tertiary staff and students 42,000 staff at 53 workplaces Costs $3 million per year for Schools $1.5 million per year for Workplaces Mainly the cost of 25 staff, marketing, and survey systems and processes Leveraged costs $3 million per annum spending on pedestrian safety around schools $1 million per annum tertiary fare discount on public transport Achievements 5,785 fewer car trips to schools, workplaces and tertiary institutes each morning peak Reduction in vehicle km travelled and in CO 2 emissions

At what age do you think it is safe for your child to… ARTA TravelWise surveys, before Travel Plan, n=28,696 parents

Mode shift at TravelWise Schools ARTA TravelWise surveys, before and after Travel Plan, n=17,008

ARTA TravelWise surveys, before and after Travel Plan

Freight movements Light commercial (plumbers, electricians…) Family shopping and sports trips Trips to work, where vehicle is used during the day Dropping off and picking up children Simple trips to work, along PT network Most trips to school Most trips to tertiary study Low High Value of vehicle use

Total trips calculated from TravelWise surveys, Universities’ Travel Plan

Persuading businesses to reduce car travel