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Table 7.4
Scenario 3 'sustainable mobility'
Policy package
Level of
Summary specification
application
PP1
Low-emission
High
95 gCO2/km average car fleet, relative to the current
vehicles
average car fleet of 235 gCO2/km; and 800 gCO2/km
average HCV fleet, relative to the current average
HCV fleet of 1,100 gCO2/km
PP2
Alternative
Medium
Use of alternative fuels in the vehicle fleet; car and LCV
fuels
(80% petrol, 20% diesel), HCV (95% diesel, 5% LPG), bus
(95% diesel, 5% biofuel)
PP3
Ecological
Medium
30 km/h zones across all residential areas and ecological
driving and
driving training. Assumed 5% improvement in fuel efficiency
slower speeds
and 5% reduction in speeds.
PP4
Traffic demand
Medium
Application of intensive behavioural change measures,
management
including walking school bus and school travel plan
programmes, community road-safety projects, personalised
travel planning and area wide travel planning. There is also a
tightening of the parking regime by 2041, with a 50%
increase to the charge level and a subsequent increase in the
number of people paying charges from 30% to 50%.
PP5
Public transit
High
Complete current passenger rail programme including the
CBD rail tunnel and frequency increases, CBD loop,
completion of the planned rapid transit network (RTN) using
buses, extension of North Shore RTN, more tangential
connections, new routes such as Auckland International
Airport access, higher frequencies on the quality transit
network (QTN), QTN reconfigured to better serve the new
RTN (RLTS 2009 WP21 SO2 transit component plus
additions). Reduction in fares, by 50%, to encourage mode
shift. Significant efforts to improve network planning and
timetabling
PP6
Walking and
Medium
Complete regional cycle network and finer network of
cycling
segregated and on-road facilities, extensive cycle hire
scheme, parking facilities, and supporting ancillary measures.
Encourage greater walking and cycling through widespread
measures such as reduced speed limits for cars, cycle
priority, reallocated road space, improved signage and
mapping (targeted 10% of trips by cycle and 5% walk, with
consequent short trip reductions by car).
PP9 Freight
High
Improved load factors, including intensity per tonne-km,
reduced empty running, changed mode share and other
operational factors; fuel efficiency; land use and location of
facilities; consumption and production patterns, including
local sourcing; and infrastructure, traffic restrictions and
regulation. Some reduction of trips to the port of Auckland,
to and from Onehunga, Southdown and Westfield, and the
wider network, reflecting improved vehicle logistics and
reduced empty running
