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Background 

The Regional Transport Committee, which prepares the strategy published a position paper in May 2009 that proposes the strategic direction of the new RLTS be built on the following themes:

  • Support and contribute to land use policy that supports a compact and contained urban form consisting of centres, corridors and rural settlements
  • Continue major investment in rail, bus and ferry infrastructure and associated service improvements
  • Implement behaviour change programmes
  • Improve the operation of existing roads, especially regional arterials
  • Construct limited additional road capacity
  • Reduce the impacts of transport on the natural environment and communities.

        
RLTS Strategic Directions Position Paper May 2009 (361.6 KB PDF)

Research

A large amount of research is undertaken to support the development of the Regional Land Transport Strategy. A Technical Advisory Committee took the lead in developing, editing and endorsing around 20 working papers. The committee consists of officers from all of Auckland's councils, as well as government agencies like the New Zealand Transport Agency, Auckland Regional Transport Authority, Ministry of Transport and the Regional Public Health Service.

 RLTS2010/WP01 Legislative Requirements for the Preparation of the Auckland RLTS: The Land Transport Management Act (2008) introduced new requirements for regional transport strategies, including specific provisions for Auckland.
RLTS2010/WP01 Legislative Requirements (485.5 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP02 Consultation Stock-Take: Traffic congestion and related air pollution are often residents' top concerns about living in Auckland. This paper looks at what people have said in a diverse range of submissions and public opinion surveys.
RLTS2010/WP02 Consultation Stock-Take (388.2 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP03 Risk Assessment - The assessment has grouped risks into the following categories: (1) Transport, (2) Technical, (3) Political, (4) Land use, and (5) External. Individual risks were then evaluated in terms of their likelihood, impact and exposure.
RLTS2010/WP03 Risk Assessment (190.1 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP04 Applying the ASF to the 2005 ARLTS: This paper looks at how the RLTS 2005 contributes to the region's long-term sustainability, including the need for resilient infrastucture, to be a fair and connected society, and to think in generations rather than years.
RLTS2010/WP04 Applying the ASF to the 2005 ARLTS (309.3 KB PDF)

       RLTS2010/WP05 Price Forecasts for Transport Fuels and other Energy Forms: Price Forecasts for Transport Fuels and other Delivered Energy Forms: What might happen to fuel prices over the next 40 years? This research states that petrol and diesel prices could be $6 per litre in 2060.
RLTS2010/WP05 Price Forecasts for Transport Fuels and other Energy Forms (1.2 MB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP06 Monitoring Regional Targets - This report overviews the proposed approach to be undertake for the monitoring of the various targets contained within the RLTS.
RLTS2010_WP06 Monitoring Regional Targets (583.9 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP07 LTMA Policy Context RLTS 2005 - Closing the policy gaps: Auckland's regional land transport strategy must, by law, meet a raft of requirements. This paper identifies the 2005 RLTS policy gaps which the region's next transport strategy must fill as the early starting point for the updated RLTS 2010.
RLTS2010/WP7 LTMA Policy Context (985.3 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP08 Trends and issues (transport challenges): This paper provides a wide range of statistics and data related to the main transport issues, trends and challenges the Auckland transport strategy needs to address. It updates information prepared for the 2005 RLTS.
RLTS2010WP08 Trends and Issues (Transport Challenges) (1.7 MB PDF)

 

RLTS2010/WP09 Strategy Affordability Assessment - This paper outlines the likely sources and level of transport funding, the estimated costs of implementing the preferred strategy and the affordability of the strategy.

RLTS2010_WP09 Strategy Affordability Assessment (184.6 KB PDF)

 RLTS 2010/WP10 Auckland Region Rural Transport Issues: People living in rural areas rely heavily on cars. Road maintenance is expensive, public transport rare; there's often tension between new development and countryside living. This paper looks at transport in Auckland's rural areas, including the Hauraki Gulf islands.
RLTS2010/WP10 Auckland Rural Tansport Issues (206.6 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP11 Freight movements: Current and future frieght movements - The amount of freight shifted in Auckland is forecast to grow by 68 per cent by 2031, mostly because of a growing demand for aggregates and other building materials that need to be brought in from outside the region. This paper looks at current freight movements, forecasts, and national targets on moving freight by road, rail and sea.
RLTS2010/WP11 Freight movements (432.5 KB PDF)

 

RLTS2010/WP12 Assessment of LTMA Clause 3 and 4 - This paper expands upon WP07 and identifies additional policy gaps in the first draft of RLTS 2010 policies, and fully documents how the draft RLTS 2010 fully complies with Clause 3 and 4 of the LTMA.

RLTS2010/WP12 Assessment of LTMA Clause 3 and 4 (1.0 MB PDF)

 

RLTS2010/WP13 Health Impact Assessment - Includes the various reports that explore the issues raised through the course of the HIA. These involve stakeholder consultation, literature analysis and impact modelling, and provides recommendations for the development and implementation of the ARLTS from a perspective of health and wellbeing.

RLTS2010/WP13 Health Impact Assessment (4.4 MB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP14 Travel Demand Management Initiatives - Travel plans, walking and cycling: Travel demand management measures could remove almost 700,000 cars trips from roads and help reduce vehicle emissions. This report looks at what education and travel planning might achieve, especially if supporting walking and cycling infrastructure are in place.
RLTS2010WP14 Travel Demand Management Initiatives (439.0 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP15 Non Network Policy Options: What could be achieved without adding to the road network or public transport system? This paper looks at how different policies that could be applied in the short, medium and long term.
RLTS2010/WP15 Non Network Policy Options (193.9 KB PDF)

         RLTS2010/WP17 Transport Safety: One person dies every five days on the region's roads and one in 10 people in hospital has been injured on our roads. The social costs of road crashes in the region add up to an estimated $945 million a year. Rail crashes are rare but risks are growing as Auckland gets more and faster trains, carrying more people.
RLTS2010/WP17 Transport Safety (346.3 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP18 Land Use and Urban Design Policies:  Land use and urban design policies:  Changes in land use prompt changes in transport demand, and infrastructure and travel behaviour can change land use patterns.  Integrating transport and land use policies is a critical issue for Auckland.  This paper revises the policies of 2005.
RLTS2010WP18 Land Use and Urban Design Policies (496.3 KB PDF)

 

RLTS2010/WP19 Strategic Options Evaluation - A detailed analysis of developing the strategic options, and the identification of the preferred option.  These matters have been considered by the RTC in separate workshops, presentations and agenda items.

RLTS2010/WP19 Strategic Options Evaluation (part 1) (5.0 MB PDF)

RLTS2010/WP19 Strategic Options Evaluation (part 2) (4.1 MB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP20 Environmental Sustainability and Public Health Policies - Environment and public health: This paper looks at major developments in environmental sustainability and public health policies that have occurred since the 2005 Regional Land Transport Strategy.
RLTS 2010/WP20 Environmental Sustainability and Public Health Policies (591.8 KB PDF)

 RLTS2010/WP21 Strategic Option 3 Public Transport Network - Investment in public transport infrastructure: On average, Aucklanders each use public transport about 40 times a year. This would need to increase to over 100 to meet the NZTS targets. The consulting company Parsons Brinkerhoff was commissioned to investigate a potential future public transport network that would carry that many passengers, so that the effectiveness its various elements could be tested through transport models.
RLTS2010WP21 Strategic Option 3 Public Transport Network (1.6 MB PDF)

 

RLTS2010/WP22 Regionalisation of National Transport Targets: Public transport use in Auckland needs to be about five times higher by 2040, according to national transport targets set in 2008. This paper looks at Auckland's expected contribution to a variety of national targets, including for freight, the number of single occupancy vehicles on our roads, and walking and cycling.

RLTS2010/WP22 Regionalisation of National Transport Targets (287.6 KB PDF)