Greater Wellington Regional Council and Sport
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Metlink bike rack practice point encourages cycle savviness
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A bus bike rack installed by Greater Wellington allows Wellingtonians to practice attaching their bikes to Metlink buses - without worrying about stopping traffic. The rack is affixed to a near-life-sized image of a Metlink bus on the Bike Space workshop, a city-council sponsored bike repair shop on Cable Street next to Waitangi Park.
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Waitangi Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Pedal, pump, jump – Bike Fest is your carbon reduction month
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Locals are checking their brakes, pumping up tyres and fastening helmets for this October’s Kia Eke Paihikara Tātou Greater Welly Bike Fest, a month that celebrates climate friendly forms of transport.
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Metlink to boost electric buses from 2 to 22 per cent of its fleet to meet climate change goals and passenger growth
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- From left to right: Cr Daran Ponter – Chair, Greater Wellington Keven Snelgrove – Tranzit Brendan Prince – NZBus James Howard – Tranzit Cr David Lee – Greater Wellington Cr Roger Blakeley – Greater Wellington The ink has dried on contracts for 98 new electric buses, which will take Metlink’s fleet of electric buses to 108, significantly reducing its carbon footprint and taking Greater Wellington a step closer on its target of carbon neutrality by 2030. Metlink currently has 450 buses in its active fleet in the Wellington region 10 of which are EVs, making up two percent of the fleet. Once the 98 buses are added to the fleet the proportion of EVs will rise to 22 per cent which, excluding market leader China, is high by international standards. Seventy-three of the buses will be used on current scheduled services with a further 25 to be progressively added to routes to meet future network growth. The new electric buses will eventually take 61 diesel buses off the roads, leading to a 17 per cent drop in carbon emissions and a similar reduction in harmful emissions. Greater Wellington is delivering on its promise of a building a modern low emission bus network according to Chair Daran Ponter. “I’m sure that people across the region will be pleased to see another 61 diesel buses taken off the road and this will drive real climate benefits by deploying the new electric buses on high use areas of the network. “Just like our plans for rail, this is also about ensuring we have a fleet in place that can cope with rising population trends and demand for public transport over the next few years. That’s why 25 buses will be used to accommodate forecast passenger growth without an increase in emissions,” added Chair Ponter. Climate Committee chair Cr Thomas Nash said we have to provide attractive alternatives to our current 20th century car culture if we’re serious about responding to climate change. “Over the last two decades transport emissions rose by 14 per cent across the region, mainly from fossil fuel burning cars and trucks. “We need a real step change here and we know we can move far more people with far fewer vehicles if we provide high quality public transport. A modern, comfortable low emission fleet will play a key role in attracting new passengers, encouraging them to embrace public transport. We’ve got an opportunity to break free from the car-dominated landscape that’s been driving pollution in our cities - let’s take it,” added Cr Nash. Roger Blakeley, chair of Greater Wellington’s Transport Committee, said that the new fleet will also attract more bus drivers to the region. “This new fleet shows our intentions for growing the network and obviously more buses means more drivers. We want buses that drivers can be proud of and these state of the art buses, many fitted out right here in New Zealand, will help us attract drivers that want to be at the forefront of the public transport industry in New Zealand and internationally.” As part of the deal, NZ Bus will source 67 ready-to-go large single decker EVs from China and Tranzurban will build 31 double decker EVs at Kiwi Bus Builders in Tauranga, with parts sourced from world leading Chinese bus manufacturers. NZ Bus CEO Barry Hinkley said he was delighted that NZ Bus was making a significant contribution to NZ’s environmental performance, commenting that growing the number of EVs in its fleet is the right way forward as NZ Bus looks to a future of reduced fossil fuel usage. "With these 67 new electric buses, NZ Bus is proud to be having the largest EV bus fleet in New Zealand. With these new orders, we will see our EV fleet grow to at least 85 buses in the short term. "Obviously, we all should try and do as much as we can to look after our environment; taking public transport is a great way of reducing emissions, and electric public transport is an even better way. “We’re committed to doing our bit to help reduce emissions in New Zealand and at the same time provide people with a safe and easy way to get around,” said Mr Hinkley. Tranzurban Director Keven Snelgrove said today’s announcement is a clear demonstration of the company’s commitment to partnering with Greater Wellington and pioneering and investing in electric bus technology and infrastructure in New Zealand. He says the 31 new double deck EVs add to the company’s fleet of 10 New Zealand-built double deck EVs successfully in operation in Wellington already. “This new fleet will deliver multiple benefits of being New Zealand built, adding to our modern and reliable electric bus fleet and help reduce carbon emissions and air pollution for Wellingtonians.” The buses will be delivered between mid-2021 and early 2023.
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Research shows fall in greenhouse gases over two decades but a worrying rise in transport emissions
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A just-released report from infrastructure consulting firm AECOM commissioned by the region’s nine councils shows that the Wellington Region’s gross greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5 per cent between 2001 and 2019, from a gross of 4,427,849 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent to 4,190,050 tCO2e.
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$5M in funding for regional trains case to tackle sardine scenario
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils have secured $5m in funding from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to pursue a detailed business case, and commence procurement for regional trains which if delivered would prevent passengers from being packed like sardines within the next five years.
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Public Transport Advisory Group sets the wheels in motion
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- At this week’s Council meeting, Greater Wellington Regional Council appointed 17 members to the Public Transport Advisory Group to help shape the region’s transport.
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Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee Look Ahead
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee (RWC) met for their final session of 2016 last week.
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Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee complete mid-point community discussions
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- This week a series of face-to-face discussions hosted by the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee (RWC) drew to a close, the last of nine meetings was held in Greytown and facilitated by local community representative, committee member, Rebecca Fox.
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Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee share their vision for the future: Wairarapa – Where Water Glistens
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Last week the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee (RWC) reached a major milestone on its journey to develop a community-led action plan for the Ruamahanga River Catchment – a vision for the future: ‘Wairarapa – where water glistens’.
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2014/15 beach and river water quality report
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Over the long hot summer Otaki River, Breaker and Princess bays and Waingawa, Waiohine and Tauherenikau rivers were the top spots for swimming.
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Public support lifts public transport and cycling up priority list for transport improvements in the Wellington region
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Public transport and cycling are big winners in a new transport plan for the Wellington region approved today by the Regional Transport Committee but some major strategic roading initiatives will also put some muscle into economic growth, Committee Chair Fran Wilde says.
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Ruamahanga Whaitua Committee Elect Chair
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The election of the first Chairman of the Ruamahanga Whaitua Committtee (RWC), took place this week at a public meeting held in the Martinborough Town Hall.
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