Huge tracts of Tāmaki Makaurau are being made more dangerous by the Speed Rule. You can read more about the Speed Rule and it’s deadly impacts here. Find out which streets near you will have increases, and what you can do about it.
Find out which streets near you will have increases
Use Auckland Transport’s interactive map to view the speed limit changes in your area.
Here is a list of the streets.
Decision-makers urgently needs to hear from all of us how harmful the speed increases will be
12-18 May is Road Safety Week, the perfect time to highlight the importance of keeping our slow streets to keep our communities safe. Below we share three key actions you can take to fight to save our slower, safer streets.
1. Support a local school or group in your community to send a letter or postcards
A top priority is to amplify the voices of schools and residents in affected streets. If you live, work, or travel in an affected area, or have community connections to people who do, we want your help to:
- Engage with local schools/groups about the Save our Safe Streets campaign and why it matters.
- Find supporters within the group to write a letter on behalf of the group explaining why keeping safe speeds matters to them, and sending it to the relevant local and national leaders (contact list below).
- Find supporters within the group to activate their community to write postcards. These can be posted directly (for free!) to the Transport Minister. (Email phoebe@bikeauckland.org.nz to organise getting a postcard bundle. Let her know what community you want to engage with in case someone else is already on it!).
2. Email our local and national leaders directly
Let’s fill our leaders’ inboxes with strong messages in support of Saving our Safer Streets.
- Adapt our letter template to your local community and context
- Email your letter to the relevant local and national leaders (contact list below).
Emails for relevant local and central leaders
- Transport Minister Chris Bishop (C.Bishop@ministers.govt.nz)
- Auckland Transport Board of Directors (BoardSecretary@at.govt.nz)
- Auckland Transport Chief Executive Dean Kimpton (chief.executive@at.govt.nz)
- Auckland Transport Chair Richard Leggat (richard.leggat@at.govt.nz)
- Auckland Mayor Wayne Browne (mayor.wayne.brown@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz)
- Auckland Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson (desley.simpson@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz)
- Your local Ward Councillor/s (find your local councillor email addresses here)
- Your Local Board (find your local board email addresses here)
What should you say in your email?
You may want to mention how much we love our 30 km/h streets. You may have noticed a difference in the street and how it is used since safer speeds were introduced – that would be great to mention. You may want to mention that safer streets are key to getting people using active transport, and that in turn is key to us reducing emissions.
Below is an example email we’ve drafted to help you get started.
Even if you aren’t on an affected street, you may be strongly in support of them – your voice matters.
3. If you only have 30 seconds, make sure you add your name to our open letter.
Sign the open letter to the Transport Minister.
Example email
Tēnā koe Minister Bishop,
We’re writing to ask you to let us keep our safe speeds.
We’ve seen the uptake of active transport since 30 km/h zones were introduced in [name the streets or suburbs] in recent years. It’s great to know our kids can get to school actively, independently and safely.
These are local suburban streets where 50 km/h has never been an appropriate speed.
Putting these speed limits up will increase traffic congestion as parents won’t let their kids cycle anymore.
[Add your other reasons here.]
For the safety and long term healthy lifestyles of our tamariki, please allow us to keep our safe speeds.
Ngā mihi,
[Your name]
Thank you for supporting safe speeds
Thanks for your support in keeping the safer streets we deserve. Together, our voices make the difference.
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