Huge tracts of Tāmaki Makaurau are being made more dangerous by the Speed Rule. Find out which streets near you will have increases, and what you can do about it.
Calmer, slower streets are a fast, guaranteed way of getting more people walking, scooting and cycling. And getting people using active modes is, in turn, the number one, easiest, cheapest, best way of cutting Auckland’s emissions.
Some potential relief on the horizon for communities keen to keep their safe speeds — if we fight for it.
“As locals we know our neighbourhoods and our streets best.” A group of leading road safety experts and transport advocates are calling on the Minister to allow local discretion on speed limit changes.
Principal Cindy Walsh writes on behalf of the Freemans Bay School community to raise serious concerns regarding the impending blanket reversal of safe speeds.
In the ongoing saga that is the ex-Transport Minister’s Speed Rule, it appears that Auckland Transport is offering to raise speeds on roads that they don’t legally have to raise them on. In response, All Aboard, Bike Auckland, Brake, and Living Streets Aotearoa have sent the below letter to Auckland Transport CEO Dean Kimpton.
