STREET NAME: Most central city streets (not main through roads)

SUBURB: Wellington

COUNTRY: New Zealand

SPEED REDUCTION: From 50 km/h to 30 km/h

DATE IMPLEMENTED: June 2020.80% of roads within Wellington approved to have speeds recuced to 30 kph Septmber 2022

SCHEME INCLUDED: 

  • 30 km/h signs
  • traffic calming e.g. raised pedestrian crossings

COST: $NZ44.8 million (from September 2022)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  • Road deaths have almost halved (down by 47 per cent) in the following 18-month period from June 2020

RESULTS OF EVALUATION: Not available