NPDC has received $17m from Waka Kotahi to help make walking and cycling easier and safer for our kids and everyone else around local schools. Have your say about this project!

One way we all can contribute to the collective effort to reduce transport emissions is to ride a bike for transport more often. If you’re keen to bike more, here are some ideas for how to get started!

When you see a bus, you might not think it’s a chance to save the planet. Public transport is little promoted as an environmental win, but just 7 people taking the bus instead of driving reduces congestion and carbon emissions. So why aren’t we all over public transport?

With only 10 years left to constrain global warming, a dramatic step needs to be made to ensure all infrastructure, projects, products, housing and transport investments enable a low carbon future.

Join us this 8th of April 6:30 pm at the New Plymouth Club to decide what you will do differently after hearing about our cleaner, cheaper and healthier transport choices today. First, gain speaker insights on the He Pou a Rangi/ Climate Change Commission Report and the alternative travel choices available in Taranaki (EVs, active transport, car sharing, digital working).

It’s no surprise that more than just a few ears are pricking up at the thought of buying an electric vehicle, especially after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced “New Zealand must ban the import of petrol and diesel cars by 2032 in order to reach its climate change targets and de-carbonise the economy.” Electricarna parallels Americarna and showcases electric vehicles (EV) and E-bikes for anyone wanting to test drive and engage with local owners.

Time is running out to curtail our cumulative CO2 emissions with less than 12 years to stabilise global warming at 1.5 degree C above pre-industrial temperatures (IPCC)1. With 20% of NZ’s carbon emissions from transport, we can all make an immediate impact through urgently changing how we travel.