Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland has been promised a fully walkable and bikeable harbour crossing since even before the Auckland Harbour Bridge was built! Though several ideas have been discussed, planned, and cancelled, we still do not have a way to get across Te Waitematā.
On 3 July 2023 Bike Auckland released an independent engineering report confirming that reallocating a lane to walking, cycling and wheeling on the Auckland Harbour bridge is safe and viable; kicking off our latest campaign to Liberate the Lane and connect this missing link.
Liberating the lane will;
- empower people to choose climate-friendly, active travel
- give more transport choice to people who don’t drive
- reduce the cost of travel for many
- create a more resilient transport system
- make more efficient use of our existing transport system
And, we know it can be done fast and affordably.
On this page we give an overview of the campaign history, the FAQs and infographic, the recently released engineering report, some relevant blogs and some resources that we would love you to share.
You can help make this vision into reality by…
- Sharing blogs and positive news stories about this campaign
- Downloading and sharing the images below
- Printing the posters and putting them up on noticeboards around Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
- Signing this open letter to Waka Kotahi – and sharing about it on social media
- Encouraging organisations who represent you (eg. resident’s association) to sign the open letter
- Encouraging businesses to sign the open letter – tips for these conversatons here
- Writing your own blog piece or sending an opinion piece to the media
- Coming to events and starting some of your own!
- Wearing a Liberate the Lane Tshirt!
- Signing up as a volunteer!
Liberate the Lane history, FAQs, and engineering report
Timeline
FAQs and infographic
Engineering report
Relevant blogs
Infographic
Liberate the Lane campaign resources
We’ve put together this range of Liberate the Lane resources because we would love your help sharing the fast, fair, affordable solution to provide access for active modes across the Waitemata harbour, and a more resilient city.
We would these images and slideshows to be shared across social media, your social media, Facebook groups and anywhere else you can think of to get this message shared.
Picture frames
Follow this link or click the images below to add your own photo to one of our custom frames! Share these on social media and add them as your Profile Picture to help spread the word!
