Our safe, high-quality bike and scooter network will include:
main commuter routes for longer journeys across town or between suburbs that can accommodate a lot of bike/scooter traffic, connecting to employment and education, for most of the Wellington City area
neighbourhood streets connecting to the main routes that also provide connections to local schools, shops, train stations and buses
quiet residential streets with less and slower traffic that create a safe environment for biking.
The neighbourhood and quiet routes will include off-road shared or cycle paths through parks and connections to some mountain biking tracks where these are used as part of people’s travel.
This principle is really important for making interim street changes.
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Cohesive routes that get people where they want to go
A strong transport network connects people and places, and the main commuter routes will provide increased access by bike to most of the Wellington City area. When completed, many people will live within 500m of the bike network.
This principle is really important for making interim street changes.
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A network for all ages and abilities
The network needs to be safe and to feel safe for everyone who wants to get around on a bike or scooter, for short or long trips. On main routes and neighbourhood streets in busy shopping areas, this means separating people on bikes or scooters from fast-moving traffic. On quiet residential streets, where speeds are lower and there is less traffic, shared space can work well.
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A direct and convenient network
The network will be made up of direct and convenient routes that make it fast and easy to cycle in and around the city. Direct routes help to encourage more people to cycle.
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Part of an integrated multi-modal network
An integrated transport network gives people choices in how they can travel. We need to make changes to our streets so it’s easy for people to get around in low or zero carbon ways – walking, biking, riding skateboards or scooters, and taking public transport – or a combination of different modes.
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Best practice design guidance
The network will include separated cycleways and bike paths, quiet routes, separate cycle signals at traffic lights, lower speed limits, shared zones and interim lower-cost installations.
There will always be trade-offs and compromises and we will do the best we can do in each situation.
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A future-proofed network for new transport devices like e-scooters
Although this is primarily a safe biking network, it will also work well for people riding e-scooters or e-skateboards, and other similar future devices.
