Transport
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Prosperous community
Connected community
Essential services
- Fund rail, bus and local harbour ferry passenger services.
- Provide passenger service information through a call centre, website and paper timetables.
Healthy environment
Healthy community
- Provide and maintain urban passenger trains, “Park & Ride” facilities, train stations, bus-rail interchanges, bus lanes and bus shelters.
Quality lifestyle
- Develop an affordable Regional Land Transport Strategy and monitor its implementation.
- Part-fund taxi services for people with disabilities.
Key projects for 2008/09
Activity: Plan and monitor the transport network
- Continue to monitor the Regional Land Transport Strategy, reviewing the implementation plans associated with the strategy and enhancing the regional transport model
- Prepare the new regional land transport programme
- Continue to develop and deliver Greater Wellington’s Travel Plan Programme. This regionally focused and managed programme aims to promote and provide sustainable travel options
Activity: Provide the infrastructure for public transport
Rail rolling stock
- Continue the procurement process to bring 45 two-car passenger trains into service from 2010 by completing the detailed design phase
- Complete the refurbishment of six SE class carriages and bring these into service as a peak-time express train from December 2008
- Complete the recommissioning of up to five out-of-service English Electric units and bring these into service
Other infrastructure
- Continue work on upgrading signalling and traction systems on the rail network
- Commence the upgrade of rail station platforms to provide level boarding for the new passenger trains
- Continue the double tracking from MacKays Crossing to Waikanae and the electrification of the railway track from Paraparaumu to Waikanae
- Progress implementing improvements to rail and associated infrastructure on the Western Corridor in line with the outcomes from the Kapiti Railway Stations Concept Design and available budgets
- Progress implementing the Regional Rail Plan in line with available budgets
- Improve security at rail stations and Park & Ride carparks by installing new CCTV systems, or upgrading current systems in line with available budgets
- Retrofit bus shelters by replacing glass with perforated sheet metal to deter vandalism
- Extend Park & Ride carparks where land is available, in line with available budgets
Activity: Fund and promote public transport services
- Continue to fund rail, bus and local harbour ferry services
- Promote Metlink’s public transport services through promotional campaigns
- Continue to provide information on Metlink’s public transport services through a service centre, timetable production and website
- Conduct the annual public transport customer satisfaction monitoring survey
- Launch a new service called txtTRAIN and enhance the existing txtBUS service
- Undertake reviews of passenger transport services in the region. A major review of Wellington’s diesel bus services will be undertaken in 2008/09
- Investigate electronic ticketing options for public transport
- Progress the introduction of “real-time” information at bus and train stops to inform users when the next service will actually arrive (rather than when it is scheduled to arrive)
- Update Greater Wellington’s administration of the Total Mobility service to improve recording, monitoring and overall administrative efficiency, as well as to meet any requirements arising from the Ministry of Transport review of Total Mobility
Activity: Fund total mobility
- Continue to fund and administer the Total Mobility scheme, which allows for people with disabilities to travel by taxi for half the normal fare
Download
Download the Transport (PDF, 241KB)section of the Annual Planwhich includes the key projects, key activities, short-term goals and the funding breakdown.