Prefab workshop 10 April 2017
Tonight’s agenda Background to Let’s Get Wellington Moving • Update on recent progress • Outline of a range of possible interventions in key • focus areas - conceptual only (no plans or details) Opportunity for your feedback • Next steps •
Background and scope: Ngauranga to Airport Joint approach to find solutions to the • challenges of the transport network in Ngauranga to Airport corridor Partners : NZ Transport Agency, • Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council Agreed to work together on a • whole-of-system approach to transport and its interaction with land use, especially in the central city. Working towards a preferred approach • and Implementation Plan
Project phases 1 Survey the region - what matters to people and how they move around 2 Use information to develop a set of urban design and transport principles 3 Develop and test a range of different interventions and We are scenarios (packages of here interventions) against programme objectives and assessment criteria 4 Consult with the public on short list of scenarios 5 Use the results of evaluation and public feedback to identify a preferred scenario as the basis for an implementation plan.
Guiding principles Public engagement last year led to the development of a set of urban design and transport principles The principles are used to help to guide our decisions
Defining the problem Wellington is a great place to live, work and visit but the transport system is impacting on its liveability, and its economic growth and productivity What outcomes are we seeking? Liveability Economic growth Safety Resilience and productivity What problems do we face? Small number Competition Cross-directional Through traffic of constrained for limited movements must traverse STRATEGY and corridors road space create conflict the CBD FUNDING Increasing Poor and Safety issues, Vulnerability to congestion and declining levels especially for disruption from unreliable of service for all active modes unplanned events journey times modes
Objectives agreed by project partners A transport system that … Enhances the liveability of the central city • Provides more efficient and reliable access for all users • Reduces reliance on private vehicle travel • Improves safety for all users • Is adaptable to disruptions and future uncertainty • STRATEGY and FUNDING For each of these objectives, we have developed a set of assessment criteria , which will be used to assess different scenarios
Interventions and focus areas Wide range of possible interventions • Interventions discussed at stakeholder workshops under 4 focus • areas: Better public transport • Improving the State highway • Active transport improvements • Travel demand management • Within each focus area, levels of intervention along a spectrum: • do minimum (current commitments), low, medium, high •
You said you want v More public transport Improved public transport services, infrastructure and facilities in central • routes Wellington v Higher frequency, more Improved public transport attractiveness, reliability , and journey times • reliable, more efficient Greater use of public transport across the region • public transport v More affordable public transport High v Create continuous side or Medium centre-running bus lanes v Create continuous side or along the “spine” What’s happening now Low centre-running bus lanes ü no mixing with v Create more kerbside bus along the “spine” v Simpler Wellington City bus general traffic lanes along the “spine”: ü minimal mixing with network: less bus ü buses have priority at ü some mixing with general general traffic congestion along core all intersections traffic ü buses have priority at routes, more reliable ü buses have priority at most intersections services reach more people some intersections v More PT use encouraged more often v More PT use encouraged e.g. v More PT use encouraged e.g. v One smart card for all ü park & ride e.g. ü More park & ride buses ü better connections for ü More park & ride ü Better connections walking, cycling, catching ü Better connections v Bus vehicle upgrades ü Integrated fares and buses to stations ü Integrated fares and ticketing for all PT v Ongoing rail improvements ü Integrated fares and ticketing for all PT ticketing for all PT v Future-proof for light v Future-proof for light rail rail
Public transport spine
BRT options for PT spine Kerb-side bus lanes Side-running bus lanes Centre-running bus lanes
Workshop exercise: your views Fill in your individual feedback sheet: • Write down your immediate reaction to this focus area • Mark your preference • What information is unclear, what would help make it • easier to understand? What, if anything, is missing ? • Around the table: explain your preference and why • Record your preference with a post-it note on your table’s • summary sheet Hand your completed individual feedback sheet to the • facilitator at the end of the exercise
You said you want v Less traffic congestion Improve SH1 as the main route through and to the central city v Better access to important • Provide more reliable access to key destinations within the city and the southern and regional destinations e.g. • eastern suburbs such as the port, hospital, airport and CBD High v Build a second Terrace Tunnel Medium v Physically separate SH1 v Vivian St: remove parking traffic at critical to create an extra lane intersections between What’s happening now Low the Terrace Tunnel and v Basin Reserve: physically v Minor operational v Vivian St: remove parking the Basin. separate east-west improvements and create peak-time v Basin Reserve: physically traffic from north- clearways to increase separate east-west traffic south traffic capacity from north-south traffic v Build a second Mt Vic v Basin Reserve: change v Build a second Mt Vic Tunnel Tunnel road layout & operations v Create extra lanes from Mt to increase throughput no v Create extra lanes from Vic to Cobham Drive + new physical separation of Mt Vic to Cobham Drive walking, cycling and bus north-south from east- + new walking, cycling facilities west traffic and bus facilities
State Highway Terrace Tunnel route through Vivian St central Wellington Basin Reserve Mt Vic Tunnel Karo Drive Cobham Drive
Workshop exercise: your views Fill in your individual feedback sheet: • Write down your immediate reaction to this focus area • Mark your preference • What information is unclear, what would help make it • easier to understand? What, if anything, is missing ? • Around the table: explain your preference and why • Record your preference with a post-it note on your table’s • summary sheet Hand your completed individual feedback sheet to the • facilitator at the end of the exercise
You said we want v Better connection with the harbour and waterfront A more attractive environment for walking through the central city and to/from the • waterfront v A more walkable city and a Safer cycling facilities through the city on priority routes central city less dominated • by cars Enhanced urban spaces • v A greater focus on cycling infrastructure and High promotion, including better v Create connected cycle Medium safety network – including v Create cycle lanes on separated cycle lanes Low key routes (eg. Tory St) and facilities v Reduce waiting for people v Reduce waiting times crossing at selected v Reallocate traffic What’s happening now for people: intersections capacity on waterfront v Laneways projects ü accessing the route for walking and v Urban Cycle Fund waterfront v Lower the speed limit on cycling developments on Cobham ü crossing intersections some streets in the CBD to Drive, Evans Bay and Hutt along priority walking v Increase priority for make it safer for people Road routes (eg.along Cuba people walking who cycle and walk St) throughout the central city v Widen footpaths at busy locations v Remove traffic from selected inner-city streets v More shared city spaces v Lower CBD speed limit v Lower speed limit in CBD
Workshop exercise: your views Fill in your individual feedback sheet: • Write down your immediate reaction to this focus area • Mark your preference • What information is unclear, what would help make it • easier to understand? What, if anything, is missing ? • Around the table: explain your preference and why • Record your preference with a post-it note on your table’s • summary sheet Hand your completed individual feedback sheet to the • facilitator at the end of the exercise
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