Facts Summary

Facts Summary

• 12.1 percent of employed people in New Zealand work in Wellington region. Thats 220,434 people
• Central Wellington has greatest employment density in New Zealand 58.29% of Wellington regions jobs are in the CBD
• 43,281 people working in the Lambton area unit on census day in 2013, majority of whom commute in from all over the region

• The Wellington region has the lowest percentage of car commuters in the country at 48%
• Wellington's lower car commuters is due to emerging alternate ways to get to work including cycling, jogging and walking
• Public transport is up 20% between 2001 and 2013
• 80% of Wellington's population lives within 500 metres of a bus stop or train station
• Wellington region has a strong public transport culture, with 17,706 people using it for there commute
• on census day 2013 20.4% of wellington city commuters and 18.3% from Lower Hutt took public transport
• Public satisfaction of the railway service is at 88% after rolling out the new trains 

Observation of new trains (with priority seating, doors that only open if people are entering or exiting to keep in the heat, and a digital board and voice over that announces the next stop)

• Wellington region spends $224.31 per capita on transport a year, by far the most in the country
• Public transport has to keep improving to meet changing demands

Facts references

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Ellard, C. (2012). Stress and the city: how urban life affects the brain and what to do about it. Retrieved July 8th, 2016, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mind-wandering/201208/stress-and-the-city

Statistics New Zealand (2013). Commuting patterns in Wellington: trends from the census of populations and dwellings 2006 and 2013. Retrieved July 23rd, 2017, from http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/commuting-patterns-wtn/working-in-wellington.aspx

Kenny, Katie. (16/09/2016). Why are we stuck in gridlock? Retrieved July 27th, 2017, from http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/national/84059391/If-councils-spent-more-money-on-public-transport-would-we-spend-less-time-stuck-in-tra%E2%80%A6

Statistics New Zealand (2013). Wellington Commuters increasingly on foot and bikes, but cars still top. Retrieved July 23rd, 2017, from http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/commutingpatternswtn-media-release.aspx

Greater Wellington Regional Council (05/08/2016). Wellingtonians say public transport has got a lot better. Retrieved July 27th, 2017, from http://www.gw.govt.nz/wellingtonians-say-public-transport-has-got-a-lot-better/