The Greens have just launched their new Welling­ton Trans­port Plan, com­plete with Green MP Sue Ked­g­ley as their Welling­ton Trans­port Spokesper­son.

Welling­ton has a pret­ty kick-arse pub­lic trans­port sys­tem as it is, with a well used net­work of bus­es, trol­ley bus­es, trains and the good ol’ cable car. So what plans do the Greens have for the future?

In short, their plans involve: bet­ter walk­ing, more cycling, cheap­er bus­es, light rail, expand­ed trains, trol­ley bus love, and use­ful bus stops. And then there are oth­er ideas, like encour­ag­ing peo­ple to work from home and shop online, and rethink­ing those mam­moth planned road­works.

Per­son­al­ly, I’m excit­ed by the idea of turn­ing the Melling train line into light rail that will extend into a loop through Low­er Hutt. That’s right, you’ll be able to get the train to Queens­gate with­out a mas­sive walk. Wow, just like a prop­er grown-up city!

It will be inter­est­ing to see what plans, if any, the oth­er par­ties have for Welling­ton’s trans­port.