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摘要

On 23 January the Board of Auckland Transport called for an investigation into a light rail network, which could relieve traffic congestion on some of the region's busiest roads. This stemmed from work in 2012, the City Centre Future Access study, which responded to a Government request to develop a robust and achievable solution for access to the CBD. That study showed that the City Rail Link, together with surface bus improvement, provided the best regional solution. However, it also identified that the city centre already faces serious congestion across all major road entry points which, if not addressed now, will worsen. Recent work by AT has pointed towards light rail, essentially as high-speed trams, as a possible solution and is referenced in the draft Regional Land Transport Program currently under public consultation. Light rail would move more than three times the number of people per hour, approximately 18,000, at higher speeds, than buses.