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What is AMETI?
The Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI) is a project to improve transport infrastructure and services, and passenger transport to the areas both sides of the Tamaki River, between Glen Innes and Manukau City Centre.Who is involved in AMETI?
AMETI involves Auckland and Manukau city councils and the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) working together.Where is the AMETI area?
The area comprises both sides of the Tamaki River between Glen Innes in the north and Manukau City Centre in the south.What will AMETI do?
Once implemented, AMETI is expected to:- Make taking a bus or train as efficient and as attractive as driving
- Make it safe and pleasant to walk and cycle
- Enable people to get to their jobs, schools, universities, shops, health services and recreation without having to rely on using a car
- Make neighbourhoods safer and more attractive by removing inappropriate traffic and upgrading the look and feel of roads.
Will AMETI solve congestion problems in the area?
Traffic will flow better than it does now. However, the total number of vehicles is unlikely to reduce significantly. This is because growth within and just outside the area is continually adding traffic.It’s expected that 16,000 more people will use passenger transport within 20 years, however, traffic volumes will still increase.
It is expected more people will cycle or walk locally because local streets will be safer and more pleasant. This will include more walking school buses and other sustainable ways of getting around.
Why doesn’t the east get a motorway?
A feature of travel patterns in the AMETI area is the large proportion of local trips. Another is the many different directions that people travel. An improved local road network will best serve travel of this nature.In addition, emphasis on a quality passenger transport service is much more efficient at carrying volumes of people than the private car as tripmaking increases over time.
Why do you need to improve and build more roads? Why not just improve passenger transport or walking and cycling facilities in the area?
Buses, cyclists and pedestrians need roads. AMETI’s priority is roads for passenger transport, walking and cycling – not more vehicles. All new streets will accommodate features including bus lanes, bus stops, cycle lanes and better footpaths.In addition, new streets are designed to provided a more connected network so that areas in AMETI can be more easily accessed.