Changes for people walking

Pedestrian safety and accessibility will be improved.

Impacts

• One new raised pedestrian crossing on Aro Street near Aro Park
• Extended 30km/h zone from shopping village to Willis Street
• Clearer footpath areas with new bike parking in the shopping village
• Wider paths to create a proper shared path through Aro Park and Little Palmer Street.

Changes for people on bikes

These changes will create a safer route and better facilities for people riding bikes.

Impacts

• New separated uphill bike lane on Aro Street on either side of the shopping area that will be phased over two years
• On Raroa Road, a mix of uphill bike lane, broken yellow lines on tight corners, and a 'cycle shoulder' in narrow places
• Sharrows in the downhill direction from the top of Raroa Road to Willis Street
• Wider path to create a proper shared path through Aro Park and Little Palmer Street
• Six new bike parks in the shopping village.

Cycle shoulders are a trial design from Waka Kotahi developed as a way to improve safety for people on bikes on particularly narrow and/or windy roads like we have in Wellington. Cycle shoulders are narrower than the standard bike lane width (1.5m), and include broken yellow lines by the kerb, and a dashed white line at the edge of the vehicle lane which illustrates it is legal for people driving to move into this space if required to avoid oncoming traffic. These may be accompanied by some green markings or cycle symbols where appropriate. 

Changes for people using the bus

Bus journeys will be quicker and easier.

Impacts

• Some car parks removed on Aro Street and Raroa Road at very narrow places where it's currently hard for buses to get through
• New bus stop opposite 125 Raroa Road (bottom of path from Harrold Street)
• Moving two bus stops 5-10m on Aro Street, and two bus stops 10-15m on Raroa Road between Cluny Avenue and Fairview Crescent, to make it easier to get on and off buses
• Bus stop outside 47b Aro Street removed to make bus trips quicker and make it safer for people using the nearby pedestrian crossing.

Changes for people driving

With more separation between bikes/scooters and traffic, this route will be safer and easier for drivers.

• Safer speeds along Aro Street:
  • Extended 30km/h zone in the shopping village, 150m through to Willis Street
  • Four new speed humps along Aro Street
  • One new raised pedestrian crossing to make it safer for people crossing the street
• New access to car share with a Cityhop car and van available from dedicated car park space on Epuni Street
• Broken yellow lines on uphill of Raroa Road and downhill at tight corners to make it safer and easier to see, where 34-44 cars regularly park uphill and 24 cars park downhill
• Changes to parking along the route and on some side streets to create space for uphill bike lane and where it's particularly narrow, so cars and buses can pass safely:
  • Remove 18 resident car parks and 52 coupon car parks on Aro Street, using a staged approach over two years
  • Change 16 P20 car parks in shopping area from 'Monday to Saturday' to seven days
  • Change one P20 car park to six bike parks outside the fish and chip shop on Aro Street
  • Change three unrestricted car parks on Epuni Street to two carshare parks and one mobility carpark at all times
  • Change 68 unrestricted car parks on Holloway Road to 33 combined residents and P120 car parks and 35 residents' only car parks
  • Change 20 coupon car parks to residents parking on Ohiro Road at the Aro Street end
  • Remove one resident car park at either end of Little Palmer Street, on Abel Smith Street and Palmer Street.
• For full details of parking impacts, see how we're rolling out changes.