Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the newly released Transport Emissions Reduction Plan is "hugely ambitious" but it is achievable.

On Monday afternoon, Auckland Council released its proposed Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway, which sets out what is required to achieve a 64 percent reduction of the city's transport emissions by 2030.

If adopted, the document will be used to guide council planners during the development of future transport plans, helping to ensure they meet the objectives outlined in te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan - which gained unanimous support from councillors and Independent Māori Statutory Board members in 2020.

The plan released today lays out the road map to fewer gas-guzzling cars including:

• Converting 30 percent of the city's vehicles to electric - especially commercial ones
• A ten-fold increase in so-called active travel - walking and cycling
• Reducing traffic in neighbourhoods
• Aiming for a five-fold increase in the number of public transport trips taken

The transformation required in the plan will be funded through the reallocation of existing budgets along with additional funding from central and local government sources.

The Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway set out 11 areas for changes to the transport sector to reduce emissions:

• Using public transport much more
• Prioritising and resourcing sustainable transport
• Reducing travel where possible and appropriate
• Making neighbourhoods safer, with less traffic
• Putting things closer to where people live
• Electrifying private vehicles
• Encouraging walking and cycling
• Enabling new transport options
• Making buses, trains and ferries low-emissions
• Making freight and services cleaner and more efficient
• Enabling Aucklanders to make sustainable transport choices

Goff told Checkpoint the plan was "hugely ambitious, but I'm told that it is achievable".