Aucklanders are driving more than ever and it’s bad for their health – but efforts to get them out of their cars are failing
Auckland may have just won the title of world’s most liveable city thanks largely to New Zealand’s Covid-free status, but it’s not about to receive any traffic awards.
Aucklanders drove an average of 1.6bn kilometres a year more in 2017 than they did in 2013. Half of peak-time trips are under six kilometres. New Zealand has the fourth-highest per-capita car ownership in the world and Aucklanders own more cars per capita than ever before.The most recent New Zealand Health Survey reported that 83% of journeys to work were by car.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/16/auckland-transport-roads-cars-cycling-congestion-new-zealand
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