Carshare BOP Niki Carling Why do we travel? Travel to work/school - - PDF document

Niki Carling

Carshare BOP

Why do we travel?

• Travel to work/school and back home
• Travelling for work (between offices)
• Personal travel - holidays
• Errands – kids, sports, shopping…

Why are we car users?

• Rapidity (32% of users)
• Independence (17%)
• Comfort (15%)
• Health problem or mobility needs (12%)
• Load carrying (10%)

Why look at options?

• Price of oil

US$150/barrel in 2012 – petrol NZ$2.80/ l

• Price of road building & maintenance

Build: $9-10 million per km of SH Maintain: $2.5 - 3,000 per lane km per yr

• Transport sector emissions

Transport - 19% of NZ greenhouse gases. NZ 5th largest greenhouse gas per capita

Transport Demand Management

• Passenger Transport
• Policy
• Parking
• Walking & Cycling
• Travel Behaviour Change

Passenger Transport

• Passenger Transport Terminal
• New routes/ improved frequency
• Park and Ride

Policy

• District Plan
• Guidance to developers
• Parking revenue to be used for TDM

Parking

• Policy for parking in CBD
• Campervan parking
• Longer term parking

Walking & Cycling

• Cycling strategy – network
• Cycling skills training - ‘Rotorua in Gear’
• Cycling & walking events – ‘Bikewise’,

‘Frocks on Bikes’, ‘Walk to Work’

• Walking School Buses

Travel Behaviour Change

• Workplace travel planning
• School travel planning
• Car pooling/ride sharing

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Car sharing is when two or more people share a car and travel together. It allows people to benefit from the convenience of the car, whilst alleviating the associated problems of congestion and pollution.

Benefits of car pooling

• Saves money (up to $1000 a year)
• Reduces number of cars on the roads – less

pollution, less congestion & easier parking

• Transport solution for rural areas
• Reduces the need for a private car
• Can encourage some physical activity
• Can be more sociable
• Can reduce use of the limited fossil fuels

CO2 emissions

(10km journey, per person)