Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 7.2
Auckland - some statistics
Issue
Comment
Demonym
Aucklander
Early settlement
c.1350, settled by Māori
1840, settled by Europeans
Population (Auckland urban area)
2006
1.4 million
1864
12,400
1841
1,500
482.9 km
2
Area (2011)
Population density (2011)
2,900/km
2
Mode share (2007-11, trip stages)
80% by car or van driver
15% pedestrians
1% cycling
3% public transport
Cars per household (at least one)
92.6%
Travel cost, single bus ticket, Browns
Bay (a North Shore suburb) to Auckland
University (central city)
NZ$6.80 (£3.47)
CO2 reduction target
A reduction in CO2e emissions by 50% on 1990 levels
by 2040 (RLTS)
Total CO2 emissions (2006)
8.6 tCO2e per capita
Transport CO2 emissions (2006)
3.7 tCO2e per capita
Transport % of total
43%
Source
: Auckland Council, 2006; Auckland Regional Council, 2010; Statistics New Zealand, 2011; Ministry of Transport,
2012.
In recent years there have been attempts to reduce the scale of motorisation in Auckland,
acknowledging the problematic nature of high car usage in environmental and city design
terms, but this has been of a limited scale. There has been a greater investment in public
transport, but the city remains largely wedded to private car usage, with access to the car seen
as an integral part of the attractive lifestyle on offer. The Auckland Plan (Auckland Council,
2012), Auckland Transport Plan (Auckland Regional Transport Authority, 2009) and Auckland
Regional Land Transport Strategy (Auckland Regional Council, 2010) set the spatial planning
and transport policy framework for the region, but there is of course a long way to go in
investing in public transport, in walking and cycling facilities, and perhaps most difficult,
in creating an urban form that supports use of the non-car modes.
The scale of change required against the BAU projection is quite dramatic in Auckland due
to the high level of motorisation. By 2050 BAU transport emissions are expected to be just
would require emissions at around 1.9 MtCO2e in 2020, and a 50 per cent reduction to 1.2
MtCO2e in 2050, all on 1990 levels (
Figure 7.4
). The rising BAU is due to an increasing
