Labour’s 2023 Election Transport Policy

A few weeks ago, the government released the a draft of their next Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport for consultation, though it also effectively doubles as Labour’s transport policy for the election. The Ministry of Transport explain the purpose of the GPS as: The GPS is the Government’s strategy for investing in the land transport system.…
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National’s 2023 Transport Policy

On Monday, National launched its transport policy for the upcoming election, showing that at least National have learnt how to recycle, with the policy largely recycled from their 2020 campaign, which itself was mostly recycled from 2017. As expected, the policy is almost all about building lots of big roads, once again using the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) name.…
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Fares and Fuel to go back up

In March last year, shortly after Russia launched its horrific invasion of Ukraine, the government cut fuel taxes, road user charges and public transport fares “as part of a cost of living package“. PT fares were halved while fuel taxes dropped by 25 cents per litre (almost 29 cents once you include GST) and initially were only meant to last for three months.…
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Auckland’s Future Transport Projects Consultation

Mayor Wayne Brown has regularly called for “a joined-up, comprehensive transport plan, written by Aucklanders“. Earlier this year it was covered in a council agenda item and titled the Auckland Integrated Transport Plan. The Minister of Transport and the Mayor have agreed on the need for a broader plan to futureproof Auckland with a high-quality, joined-up transport system, which more closely integrates decision-making on cars, buses, trains, ferries, cyclists, pedestrians, freight and passenger rail and light rail.…
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February-23 AT Board Meeting

Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board hold their first meeting of the year. Below are some of the things that stood out from the various papers. Closed Agenda These are the items that stand out from the closed agenda. Standing Items TERP Implementation – Next Steps and Climate change and TERP implementation Special Event Management Public Transport Recovery Emergency Event Recovery Items for Approval AT Open Loop Recommendation – I assume this part of ATs plan to go ahead with plans to open up HOP to credit cards and phone based payment apps in advance of the national ticketing system.…
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