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2001/2002 Annual Report on the Regional Land Transport Strategy Prepared for the Transport Policy Department, Wellington Regional Council September 2002 2001/2 Annual Report on the Regional Land Transport Strategy 1 2001/2002 Annual Report on the Regional Land Transport Strategy Tim Kelly Transportation Planning Limited with the prepared by Transport Policy Department for Wellington Regional Council Tim Kelly Transportation Planning Ltd Transport Policy Department, PO Box 54-138, Mana, Wellington Wellington Regional Council P O Box 11646, Wellington Tel / Fax : (04) 233 8752 Contact Juliet Reid, Transport Analyst Mobile : (025) 222 3175 Tel: 04 384 5708 E-Mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Transport Policy Department, Wellington Regional Council September 2002 2001/2 Annual Report on the Regional Land Transport Strategy 4 9 RLTS PROJECT AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ............81 9.1 CONTEXT ...............................................................................................81 9.2 RESPONSIBILITY MATRIX ..........................................................................81 9.3 WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL ............................................................87 9.4 WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL ....................................................................90 9.5 HUTT CITY COUNCIL................................................................................91 9.6 PORIRUA CITY COUNCIL ..........................................................................92 9.7 KAPITI COAST DISTRICT COUNCIL.............................................................93 9.8 UPPER HUTT CITY COUNCIL.....................................................................94 9.9 WAIRARAPA COUNCILS ............................................................................95 9.10 TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND...........................................................................96 10 STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................99 10.1 OVERALL PROGRESS ACHIEVED................................................................99 10.2 MAJOR 2002/3 ACTIONS PROGRAMMED ....................................................99 10.3 OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING THE RLTS.................................................99 1. Specific projects ............................................................................99 2. General impediments ..................................................................100 11 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................101 GLOSSARY......................................................................................................102 Transport Policy Department, Wellington Regional Council September 2002 2001/2 Annual Report on the Regional Land Transport Strategy 2 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................5 1 BACKGROUND TO THE REPORT ..............................................................7 1.1 STATUTORY CONTEXT ...............................................................................7 1.1.1 Regional Land Transport Strategy...................................................7 1.1.2 Annual monitoring report .................................................................7 1.2 ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT CONTENTS ...................................................7 1.2.1 Enhanced monitoring.......................................................................7 1.2.2 Section outlines ...............................................................................8 1.2.3 Obstacles to collecting monitoring indicators...................................8 2 REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS ..............................................10 2.1 INDICATOR A1: RESIDENT POPULATION.....................................................11 2.2 INDICATOR A2: OCCUPIED DWELLINGS......................................................13 2.3 INDICATOR A3: UNEMPLOYMENT ..............................................................14 2.4 INDICATOR A4: REGIONAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY..........................................15 2.5 INDICATOR A5: BUILDING ACTIVITY ...........................................................16 2.6 INDICATOR A6: VEHICLE OWNERSHIP........................................................17 2.7 DEMOGRAPHIC INDICES ...........................................................................18 2.8 REGIONAL LEVEL.....................................................................................18 2.9 SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL..............................................................................18 2.10 OUTLOOK ...............................................................................................19 2.11 IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ........................................19 3 INTER-REGIONAL TRAVEL INDICATORS ...............................................20 3.1 INDICATOR B1: INTER-REGIONAL PASSENGER MOVEMENTS.........................21 3.2 INDICATOR B2: INTER-REGIONAL FREIGHT.................................................23 3.3 INTER-REGIONAL TRAVEL INDICES .............................................................23 3.4 REGIONAL LEVEL.....................................................................................24 3.5 SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL..............................................................................25 3.6 OUTLOOK ...............................................................................................25 3.7 IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ........................................25 4 ACCESSIBILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS.........26 4.1 INDICATOR C1: KEY ROUTE TRAVEL TIMES BY ROAD...................................27 4.2 INDICATOR C2: STATE HIGHWAY SCREENLINE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ................30 4.3 INDICATOR C3: LOCAL ROAD TRAFFIC VOLUMES ........................................31 4.4 INDICATOR C4: WELLINGTON CBD CORDON COUNTS ................................32 4.5 INDICATOR C5: ROAD TRAFFIC HOURLY PROFILES......................................33 4.6 INDICATOR C6: HEAVY VEHICLES ON KEY ROUTES .....................................34 4.7 INDICATOR C7: STATE HIGHWAY VEHICLE KILOMETRES...............................36 4.8 INDICATOR C8: ROAD NETWORK USAGE....................................................37 4.9 INDICATOR C9: ROAD NETWORK LEVEL OF SERVICE...................................39 4.10 INDICATOR C10: VEHICLE OCCUPANCY ON WELLINGTON CBD CORDON......41 4.11 INDICATOR C11: KEY ROUTE TRAVEL TIMES – PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION .....42 4.12 INDICATOR C12: PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE PATRONAGE........................44 4.13 INDICATOR C13: CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS..............................48 4.14 INDICATOR C14: MODE OF JOURNEY TO WORK ..........................................49 4.15 INDICATOR C15: PARKING SUPPLY IN CBDS .............................................50 Transport Policy Department, Wellington Regional Council September 2002 2001/2 Annual Report on the Regional Land Transport Strategy 3 4.16 ACCESSIBILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDICES ..............................51 4.17 REGIONAL LEVEL.....................................................................................51 4.18 SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL..............................................................................52 4.19 OUTLOOK ...............................................................................................52 4.20 IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ........................................52 5 ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY INDICATORS....................................................54 5.1 INDICATOR D1: ROAD NETWORK CONGESTION COSTS ................................55 5.2 INDICATOR D2: TOTAL SYSTEM USER COSTS .............................................56 5.3 INDICATOR D3: PUBLIC TRANSPORT USER COSTS ......................................57 5.4 INDICATOR D4: VEHICLE OPERATION COSTS..............................................58 5.5 ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY INDICES................................................................59 5.6 REGIONAL LEVEL.....................................................................................59 5.7 SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL..............................................................................59 5.8 OUTLOOK ...............................................................................................59 5.9 IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ........................................60 6 AFFORDABILITY INDICATORS.................................................................61 6.1 INDICATOR E1: CAPITAL WORKS EXPENDITURE..........................................62 6.2 INDICATOR E2: MAINTENANCE WORKS EXPENDITURE .................................62 6.3 INDICATOR E3: HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL EXPENDITURE ...................................62 6.4 AFFORDABILITY INDICES...........................................................................64 6.5 REGIONAL LEVEL.....................................................................................64 6.6 SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL..............................................................................64 6.7 OUTLOOK ...............................................................................................64 6.8 IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ........................................64 7 SAFETY INDICATORS ...............................................................................65 7.1 INDICATOR F1: TOTAL INJURY CRASHES ...................................................66