FAQs

The Local Active Modes Plan (LAMP) is a planning exercise that Auckland Transport is undertaking in collaboration with the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. The plan will develop a programme of low-cost, small-scale changes to roads and streets in the Devonport-Takapuna area to make them more safe and user-friendly for people walking and cycling.

The types of opportunities we will be considering includes: 

• quiet routes / greenways
• cycle parking
• traffic calming and traffic volume reduction devices in local residential roads
• protected cycle lanes (short sections where there is surplus road space) and painted cycle lanes 
• new pedestrian crossings and upgrades to existing ones
• footpath widening including kerb buildouts at intersections
• place-making improvements such as street furniture, landscaping and establishing new pedestrian plazas / shared zones
• new bus shelters
• accessibility improvements such as kerb ramps and tactile paving
• signage and way-finding

For more information on these interventions see the following:

Local Paths Design Guide(External link)  - describes the concept of "local paths" and outlines the physical infrastructure required to create them.

Healthy Streets indicators(External link) - outlines ten evidence-based indicators that must be prioritised and balanced to improve social, economic and environmental outcomes through how our roads and streets are designed and managed. 

Walking - While AT does continuously invest to maintain and improve the footpath network, this is often done mainly with a safety or maintenance lens. This plan will also think strategically about other ways to improve the walking experience in the area through infrastructure improvements. The focus will be on getting the basics right and doing little things well. 

Cycling - We want to continuously improve the experience of people riding bikes or e-scooters in our city, especially as more and more people are choosing to ride for their day-to-day trips. This plan will make it easier for the local community to access existing cycling facilities / routes and ensure we make the most of what we already have. 

In creating this plan, we are ensuring that we have a pipeline of small-scale projects that:

• offer best value for money (making the most of existing and forthcoming cycling and walking routes), 
• aligns to current community and Local Board priorities, 
• are best placed to take advantage of current delivery opportunities (leveraging existing programmes and aligning to the current funding environment).

The Devonport-Takapuna LAMP will not be considering new major projects. Major projects such as new cycleways along arterial roads can cost a lot of money and are complex to deliver as they significantly alter the road layout. 

While it important that we continue to progress these major projects where we can, we also need to have low-cost, low-risk programmes delivering minor walking and cycling improvements. This ensures we are continuously improving the experience of people riding and walking in our city and that we are leveraging benefits off completed major projects.

The Devonport-Takapuna LAMP study area shown below:

 

The study area is well suited to walking and cycling for transport trips.

Being a peninsula, there are relatively few busy arterial roads (which can be difficult and unpleasant to navigate on foot / by bike) dissecting the area compared with many other parts of Auckland.

The city centre is a short ferry ride from Devonport Ferry Terminal and bus ride from Akoranga Station. The city centre is the biggest destination in the Auckland region. Walking or cycling is a convenient travel mode for the first and last mile for ferry trips between Devonport and the city centre.

The area has received prior investment in cycling infrastructure with more to come. The type of interventions included in the LAMP are small-scale and will have the best impact in areas where there are high quality cycling routes to improve access to and build off. 

The LAMP study area has high levels of walking and cycling relative to other parts of the city.

For example, data from the 2023 Census shows that 15% of students who attend schools located in Belmont cycle to school and 31% walk. 

The average across all of Auckland is 1.5% cycling to education and 18.5% walking.

Projects and interventions recommended through the Devonport-Takapuna LAMP will be delivered as and when funding becomes available through existing programmes or new funding sources.