The parking debate, a new Dali exhibit and a peek inside the refurbished Aotea Centre

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header]( [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME},  Time to park the parking frenzy and get the big picture Sometimes it helps to understand something by starting at the end and working backwards. That's the case with the highly emotive debate over the future of public parking in Auckland. As part of global commitments to stop the planet’s warming trajectory and make it a better place for future generations, Auckland has committed to halving carbon emissions by 2030. No small task. Because transport makes up 40 per cent of Auckland’s current carbon emissions, that means a 64 reduction in transport emissions. A really really big task. For many motorists, public transport will only be considered when it is more efficient, easier to get onto, and gets there faster. Cycling and walking will need to become much safer for adults and children, meaning more cycleways separated from traffic. When these improvements do happen some time over the next decade or so, and there’s kerbside parking in the way, those carpark blockages will be removed. Even if they are outside shops. That is what the draft update of the Auckland Parking Strategy proposes. Car parks will go only when it’s time to build a better use for that stretch of road. And we are talking 3 per cent of Auckland’s roads, or 20 per cent of its “Strategic Transport Network”. The thousands of carparks provided free at Park and Rides will carry a charge of $2-4 a day. That will start happening in a few years' time when new ATHOP ticketing technology is in place. Yet the step of simply putting the proposed policy out for public consultation almost stumbled when 10 of 23 Auckland councillors and members of the Independent Māori Statutory Board voted No. The narrow vote, and some of the arguments voiced against sending the plan out for consultation, will help undermine the reception it gets over the next month. There was already a suggestion the councillors should not make final decisions on the strategy in August, but leave it to the next council - the one elected in October. That would be a can-kicking that Auckland’s climate change action could do without. [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Todd Niall [padding] Senior Stuff Journalist [padding] [spacer] [padding] [See more Auckland news]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Watch this video now]( [spacer] Navigating two tides: The conflict of being Pasifika and queer [spacer] Members of Auckland’s Pasifika rainbow community report they feel shut out by their faith, their culture and their family. The discrimination they face isn't just based on ethnicity, but also on homophobia and transphobia – meaning they’re twice as likely to report symptoms of depression and to forgo healthcare than their non-rainbow peers. But Pasifika rainbow experiences have never been properly studied, leading to gaps in support services. Now researchers are unpacking decades of data to paint a bigger picture. [spacer] [Read More]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] More Auckland stories you might have missed [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Article Image]( [spacer] Immersive Salvador Dali exhibition coming to Spark Arena [spacer] [Read more button]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Article Image]( [spacer] Farmers help woman live out her milking dreams [spacer] [Read more button]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [gArticle Image]( [spacer] Inside the newly refurbished Aotea Centre [spacer] [Read more button]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [gArticle Image]( [spacer] 'Horrific' number of police assaulted on the job [spacer] [Read more button]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [spacer] [padding] Discover more at [spacer] [stuff logo] [spacer] [www.stuff.co.nz/auckland]( [padding] [spacer][footer bar] [padding] [spacer] You are receving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Your Auckland newsletter from Stuff. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get Your Auckland in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]