Traffic gridlock in Auckland is an endless source of frustration for commuters and costs the city billions of dollars* in lost productivity.
But with almost nine cars for every ten people in New Zealand it can feel like we don't have any other options. So how did we become so reliant on cars? And is there a way out?
In the first episode of our new series of video essays we sit down with Timothy Welch from the University of Auckland to understand the history of Auckland's transport and why solutions might not look like a huge multi-billion dollar infrastructure project.
This is a new style of video for Newsroom, and we are always looking for your feedback and ideas for future videos. If there are any topics you would like to see covered in this style, let us know down in the comments.
*A NZIER report on the cost of congestion estimated the cost on weekdays as between $0.9 billion and $1.3 billion a year.
Public Interest Journalism funded by NZ On Air.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:38 How did we get here?
02:48 What solutions are there?
03:35 Is change really possible?
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25 июл 2024
