More bus lanes in city streets

Visitors to the city can look forward to more bus and transit lanes and less parking along central Auckland streets as part of a new parking strategy aimed at cutting congestion.

Auckland Transport’s (AT) Room to Move will make it easier for everyone to move around the city, according to chief executive Dean Kimpton.

“Room to Move will enable AT to make quicker, cheaper, less disruptive changes on our major roads to address congestion as we move about our city, make bus services quicker and more reliable, and reduce Auckland’s transport emissions,” Mr Kimpton says.

“One of the biggest changes Aucklanders will see from Room to Move is more bus and transit lanes along our most important roads.

“Aucklanders strongly support the principle of repurposing parking spaces on our busiest roads for bus and transit lanes, which will really help to keep people moving across the city,” he claims.

AT says the strategy has been updated to reflect how Aucklanders want roads and parking managed.

“We’ve all seen this year just how important it is for Auckland to have a resilient transport network where our more than 14,000 bus trips a day can run as reliably as possible and don’t get deadlocked in traffic even in moderate rain.”