Ian Wallis Associates Ltd Let’s Get Wellington Moving – Rapid transit network options Prepared for Greater Wellington Regional Council Final draft 11 April 2018 (v26) Adam Lawrence [email protected] LGWM rapid transit network options final draft.docx Page 1 of 140 Ian Wallis Associates Ltd Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 5 2. Background ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.1. Strategic context .............................................................................................................................. 6 2.1.1. RLTP 2015 ......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.2. PT Plan 2014 ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Wellington 2018 bus network .......................................................................................................... 9 3. Network approach and assumptions ....................................................................................... 10 3.1. Rapid transit in Wellington ............................................................................................................ 10 3.2. Patronage drivers ........................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.1. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) .................................................................................................................. 12 3.2.2. Light Rail Transit (LRT) .................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.3. Other rapid transit vehicles ............................................................................................................ 12 3.3. Network approach and principles .................................................................................................. 13 3.3.1. What is a network approach? ........................................................................................................ 13 3.3.2. Network design principles .............................................................................................................. 14 3.4. Public transport infrastructure ....................................................................................................... 16 3.4.1. Vehicle assumptions ...................................................................................................................... 16 3.4.2. Fixed infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ 17 3.5. Demand assumptions ..................................................................................................................... 18 3.5.1. Demand scenarios .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.5.2. Existing boardings .......................................................................................................................... 19 3.5.3. Land use changes ........................................................................................................................... 21 3.6. Service level assumptions ............................................................................................................... 23 4. Wellington CBD network ......................................................................................................... 24 4.1. Why two primary corridors? .......................................................................................................... 24 4.2. Description of the two primary corridors ....................................................................................... 26 4.2.1. Why not Featherston and Victoria Streets? ................................................................................... 28 4.2.2. What about a Waterfront corridor via Customhouse and Waterloo Quays? ................................ 28 4.3. Public transport interchanges and stops ........................................................................................ 29 4.3.1. Wellington Station Interchange ..................................................................................................... 29 4.3.2. Lambton Central Interchange ........................................................................................................ 29 4.3.3. Te Aro Park Interchange ................................................................................................................. 29 4.3.4. Other stops ..................................................................................................................................... 30 4.4. Accessibility within the CBD ........................................................................................................... 31 4.4.1. Golden Mile corridor ...................................................................................................................... 32 4.4.2. Waterfront corridor ....................................................................................................................... 33 5. Network options ..................................................................................................................... 34 5.1. Base case – Wellington city bus network (2036) ............................................................................ 35 5.1.1. Option overview ............................................................................................................................. 35 5.1.2. Key features and issues/trade-offs ................................................................................................ 35 5.1.3. Routes and service levels ............................................................................................................... 37 5.2. Option 1 – BRT along multiple corridors and extending to the airport .......................................... 38 5.2.1. Option overview ............................................................................................................................. 38 5.2.2. Key features and issues/trade-offs ................................................................................................ 38 5.2.3. Routes and service levels ............................................................................................................... 40 5.2.4. Sub-options .................................................................................................................................... 41 5.3. Option 2 – LRT to Airport via Golden Mile, Hataitai, Kilbirnie and Miramar; and to Zoo via Kent/Cambridge, Basin and Hospital ............................................................................................. 43 5.3.1. Option overview ............................................................................................................................. 43 LGWM rapid transit network options final draft.docx Page 2 of 140 Ian Wallis Associates Ltd 5.3.2. Key features and issues/trade-offs ................................................................................................ 43 5.3.3. Routes and service levels ............................................................................................................... 45 5.3.4. Sub-options .................................................................................................................................... 46 5.4. Option 3 – LRT to Airport via Golden Mile, Kent/Cambridge, Basin, Hospital, Kilbirnie and Miramar ......................................................................................................................................... 48 5.4.1. Option overview ............................................................................................................................. 48 5.4.2. Key features and issues/trade-offs ................................................................................................ 48 5.4.3. Routes and service levels ............................................................................................................... 50 5.4.4. Sub-options .................................................................................................................................... 51 5.5. Option 4 – LRT to Airport via Waterfront, Taranaki St, Hospital, Kilbirnie and Miramar ............... 54 5.5.1. Option overview ............................................................................................................................. 54 5.5.2. Key features and issues/trade-offs ................................................................................................ 54 5.5.3. Routes and service levels ............................................................................................................... 56 5.5.4. Sub-options .................................................................................................................................... 57 5.6. Option 4D – Revised Option 4 aligning with package evaluation .................................................. 58 5.6.1. Option overview ............................................................................................................................