Why can’t I find a commitment to a target modal share for cycling in NZ?
The city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch has big plans and is currently updating its cycling infrastructure. The city wants to raise the modal share of cycling from 33% to 44% of all trips.
27 European cities have signed the “Charter of Brussels” in the European Parliament to set the target of at least 15% bicycling modal share by 2020
And even in similarly ‘helmet law blighted’ Australia, plans are a foot …
Sydney has committed to increase the number of bicycle trips, as a percentage of total trips, from less than 2% in 2006 to 5% by 2011, and to 10% by 2016
Brisbane is going for 8% modal share for cycling by 2016 in it’s Active Transport Strategy
I couldn’t find Melbourne’s targets but here is there draft transport update that looks pretty focused on improving Public and active transport.
Think of a number – any number (5 has a nice ring to it) – but let’s at least have something to aim for!
I'll be keen to know if the Hastings District Council in Hawke's Bay has a target for their iWay.
Had a quick scan of their website but can't find anything on their modal share target: http://www.iway.org.nz/
I reside in Auckland but born & mostly raised in Hawke's Bay and love the iWay initiative. They also have a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/loveiway?sk=wall
Unity, there are some "committments", but they are so vague, or so disappointing, one might as well ignore them,
Auckland City (in the darker days when they really only discussed cycling as a sop to the eco freaks), decided that the Tank Farm development (now Wynyard Quarter) was to be the new way of transport for Auckland, with only 30% car share, and the rest by other modes. They "budgeted" for a 2% bicycle share! Amazing, isn't it?
To the credit from the folks from Waterfront Auckland CCO, who are now running Wynyard Quarter's development, they are much more up to speed than a measly 2%, and seem to be doing or preparing quite a few things for cycling. Not sure, if that includes updating the cycling %s, but I don't care (see below for why).
Nationwide, there was the "2008 Transport Strategy" that wants to lift walking and cycling to 30% of all urban trips by 2040. As usual, the strategy had no interim targets (what politician is going to care about this stuff in 30 years!), had no specific cycling target, and when National came in, they said they supported it in principle, then threw it in the bin and started to build motorways like their souls depended on it.
I don't really believe we need targets. We need action on the ground. Focus on getting Council and National (it should be national, but it isn't) to tell us what they will do in the next 1-3 years. That is the only way to get action.
hi Unity. Yes, the last target we saw was the 30% in the 2008 Transport STrategy that Labour produced in the dying days of their govt when they suddenly (only 9 years too late) got it and realized that sustainable transport was good. The minister hasn't revised the Land Transport Strategy to lower that target – but he is pretty much behaving as if it doesn't exist, which leads to basically the same outcomes.
@Liz In answer to your query.:
iWay is targeted at both walking and cycling. At present around 9% of journeys are made by foot and bicycle, and we would like to see that increase to 20% by 2020.
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