Climate actions

Providing convenient, low-emissions public transport plays an important role in reducing transport emissions – the second-largest source of emissions in Waitaha/Canterbury. We are focused on reducing transport emissions and achieving our climate change outcomes through:

• Procuring only zero-emissions buses from 2025 in Options 1 and 2 to meet our target of decarbonising our fleet by 2035. This will be deprioritised under Option 3 and will take substantially longer to achieve.
• Improving the convenience and accessibility of the public transport network to increase mode share which helps reduce emissions from the transport network. This will take longer to achieve with Option 2 and 3.