Planning for certainty through sustainable transportation

Transit New Zealand has been monitoring motor vehicle congestion levels and travel time variability twice yearly in Auckland and Wellington (since 2002), Tauranga (since 2003) and Christchurch (since 2004). People desire certainty in planning their trips. They do not want to spend 15 minutes on one day for the trip to work and 25 minutes the next. Do we have the data we need to plan for certainty in transportation journey times? This paper looks at available data to understand congestion trends, travel time variability and fuel price and supply and looks at ways to provide certainty for transportation. The paper argues that more emphasis should be put on travel demand management and support for walking, cycling and public transport. In turn, these measures (and sustainable transportation in general) have the potential to make car travel times more predictable, thus enhancing the opportunities for planning for certainty. The paper also makes recommendations for developing a comprehensive suite of travel indicators that better represents a more sustainable transport system. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214098.

• Authors:
  • MACBETH, A G
  • WILKE, A
  • KOOREY, G
• Publication Date: 2005-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 14P
• Serial:
  • NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY (NZIHT) AND TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND SYMPOSIUM, 7TH, 2005, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
  • Publisher: NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY (NZIHT)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Demand; Management; Planning; Sustainable development; Traffic congestion; Transportation; Travel; Travel time
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 285: Demand (econ); 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 143: Planning; 2427: Sustainability; 1155: Transport
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01043105
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 6 2007 8:16AM