Congestion Free Network

It’s hard to get around Auckland (even at the best of times) – due to its underfunded public transport network. As our biggest city, Auckland should be a liveable low carbon city we can be proud of. The good news is, its doesn’t have to be this way. – and with help from our friends at Auckland Transport Blog we have a plan to fix this.

It’s about time we had investment into a fully integrated public transport system or otherwise know as a Congestion Free Network – one that paves the way for a future beyond fossil fuels.

Auckland Council has the power to prioritise investment into the key transport projects over the next 17 years to make the Congestion Free Network a reality. This election is our chance to get candidates to commit to the Congestion Free Network, but in order to do that we need to show them the support that exists.  

Our goal is to get the word out to as many Aucklanders as possible this election. And we need you to make this happen! Lets get 1000 of us over the next week to take the first step of action, to get the Congestion Free Network on the political agenda.

A Congestion Free Network is a public transport system that is free from the delays of traffic because it is separated from roads. This includes, rail, buses with designated bus lanes and ferries. Auckland currently has a transport strategy that relies on spending over $60 Billion on mainly motorways – that we know only makes congestion worse. For as little as $10 Billion we can complete the Congestion Free network by 2030.

We’ve seen what happens when we stand up and demand investment in public transport – we got the City Rail Link funded because New Zealander’s like you showed our elected representatives that we will not take no for an answer. The future of Auckland as a liveable low-carbon city depends on it.

Local governments elections are right around the corner, so Councillors are looking for the next big thing to get behind. We are going to make the Congestion Free Network that thing. But we need your help to do it. I’m going to be demanding action from our elected representatives every time I see them, and so can you, but we can make our voice even more powerful by coming together and uniting over the Congestion Free Network. How powerful will it be to go to your elected representatives and say that more than 1000 New Zealanders are taking action from signing on their support, getting friends to sign on and flyer dropping their neighborhoods with us to put this on the political agenda?

Get your friends and family to join together by signing on and sharing it with them, to show support for this vision and together we will get investment in the Congestion Free Network prioritised in Auckland. Take action now: