Integrated Transport Strategy

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Consultation has concluded

The feedback has been analysed and the strategy was adopted by Council on 2 June 2022. 

You can read the strategy on our website. 


We are committed to making Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt a place where everyone thrives. A great transport system that connects our communities, provides access to social opportunities, and helps grow our economy is key to our success. Like other major cities, we are facing some big challenges, including a fast-growing population, the threat of climate change and supporting the wellbeing of our communities.

The Integrated Transport Strategy outlines our vision, and strategic direction for responding to Lower Hutt’s growing transport challenges. It outlines an integrated approach to delivering land use planning, transport planning, investment and encouraging behaviour change within Lower Hutt.

We want a sustainable transport system that improves the quality of life for today’s community without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own social, environmental, economic, and cultural needs. This means providing our community with transport options that connect people easily, safely, and affordably to where they need to go, whether travelling by foot, bike, or public transport. Developing an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable transport system will protect Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt and enable our children and grandchildren to thrive. It will tackle our climate change challenges, reduce congestion, create more liveable places, and support the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We recognise the distinctive and diverse communities that make up Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt. We have engaged with our communities to understand the specific transport challenges they face and how transport needs differ across our communities.

The insights gained have helped shape our understanding of their needs, and how best the transport system can meet them.

Now we come back to you, our community, to make sure our insights are correct and that our proposed actions will help with meeting our transport needs. You can read the draft strategy and a summary through the links above, or under "Documents". You can give your feedback on they key parts of the strategy in the survey.

Survey closed 5pm 12 April 2022.

The feedback has been analysed and the strategy was adopted by Council on 2 June 2022. 

You can read the strategy on our website. 


We are committed to making Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt a place where everyone thrives. A great transport system that connects our communities, provides access to social opportunities, and helps grow our economy is key to our success. Like other major cities, we are facing some big challenges, including a fast-growing population, the threat of climate change and supporting the wellbeing of our communities.

The Integrated Transport Strategy outlines our vision, and strategic direction for responding to Lower Hutt’s growing transport challenges. It outlines an integrated approach to delivering land use planning, transport planning, investment and encouraging behaviour change within Lower Hutt.

We want a sustainable transport system that improves the quality of life for today’s community without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own social, environmental, economic, and cultural needs. This means providing our community with transport options that connect people easily, safely, and affordably to where they need to go, whether travelling by foot, bike, or public transport. Developing an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable transport system will protect Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt and enable our children and grandchildren to thrive. It will tackle our climate change challenges, reduce congestion, create more liveable places, and support the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We recognise the distinctive and diverse communities that make up Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt. We have engaged with our communities to understand the specific transport challenges they face and how transport needs differ across our communities.

The insights gained have helped shape our understanding of their needs, and how best the transport system can meet them.

Now we come back to you, our community, to make sure our insights are correct and that our proposed actions will help with meeting our transport needs. You can read the draft strategy and a summary through the links above, or under "Documents". You can give your feedback on they key parts of the strategy in the survey.

Survey closed 5pm 12 April 2022.

Consultation has concluded

  • What you've already told us

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    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    We reached out to you during the development of this Strategy with other surveys. We wanted to understand the transport challenges faced by residents and businesses, better understand their needs, and explore how changes to the transport system would affect different parts of the community. Many people are keen to change their travel behaviour but see barriers or issues preventing this change.


    You said: Cycling is currently so threatening - the frequent pinch points (bridges, intersections etc) are pretty off-putting.


    Actions to improve transport in Lower Hutt

    • We need to develop better transport connections to and between key activity centres and services within Lower Hutt to make it easier for people to get to where they need to go
    • We need to target improvements within communities that currently have fewer transport options as these communities will benefit the most from future changes
    • We need to make sure that those who are transport disadvantaged (such as those without access to other modes) are not unduly penalised when implementing disincentives such as parking restrictions
    • We need to provide opportunities for our communities to positively experience alternatives to car travel through non-critical trips (such as leisure or recreation)
    • We need to think about how the transport system can be more flexible in providing choices that make it easier for households to travel in ways that better suit their needs.


    Barriers to making a change

    • Trips using public transport are not viable for some people as its unaffordable, poorly coordinated or does not take people to where they need to go
    • People have greater hardship where there are no alternatives to a car
    • People that depend on travelling by car often have limited exposure or experience in travelling by other modes, making them more hesitant to trying other modes
    • The existing transport system does not meet the needs of people who take children to school or visit shops as part of their commute, making it more convenient to travel by car


    Factors that would influence our community to travel differently

    Our communities would travel by foot or by bikes for short trips if:

    • People felt safer when walking, scooting and biking for their journey
    • People had a good quality, pleasant environment to enjoy when travelling


    Our communities would travel by bike or public transport for longer trips if:

    • Travelling by bike and public transport was more convenient
    • The transport network was better connected and easier to use


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