Tranzqual has released a comprehensive new guide to driving trucks on NZ roads with the aim of raising professional standards within the industry and assisting with training of new drivers. Professional Skills for Driving Trucks is a comprehensively illustrated 230 page book full of practical information on all the skills and knowledge drivers need to […]

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NZ Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID) says to overcome years of conflict between Auckland and central Govt over transport issues, it is critical a governance system which shares responsibility and accountability for funding transport improvements is put in place. CEO, Stephen Selwood, says this is why the NZCID proposes a structure with one governance […]

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The Govt earmarked $90m in the budget for KiwiRail’s operations though it left next’s year’s allocation to be decided on a case-by-case basis. This has left the state railway with an interesting task to plot its future course. KiwiRail provided the Govt with a draft plan in May, which assumed a business-as-usual scenario. However, the […]

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The completion of Auckland’s regional rail electrification and the ordering of a fleet of new electric commuter trains could be delayed as the Govt signals it is not making any more money available for the project. Instead Transport Minister Steven Joyce has asked Ministry of Transport officials to look into how a Public Private Partnership […]

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Air NZ looks to be heading for a showdown with free marketeers in the Govt with CEO, Rob Fyfe, floating the idea of the Govt potentially subsidising international routes if they become economically marginal as tourist numbers are knocked by the economic downturn. However, Fyfe’s plan has an element of the free […]

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Fierce community opposition to Auckland’s revised Waterview motorway project has prompted the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to consider a slightly longer tunnel. It is investigating the feasibility of joining two tunnel sections to keep the road underground for about 2km of a 4.5km link between the Southwestern and Northwestern motorways. The agency last month caused […]

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The integrated ticketing system designed to make Auckland’s public transport seamless is closer to a green light after the NZ Transport Agency completed a review of funding requirements. The NZTA’s board will make its final decision next month, with the outcome likely to help appease city councillors deprived of a funding source when the regional […]

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Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the newly established Infrastructure Unit, within Treasury, will be key to developing the potential of PPPs to fund transport projects. He came away from his Aust trip last week with a sense of the “hierarchy of procurement models” of which PPPs are just one option. Sydney offers an immediate case […]

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Green Party Co-Leader, Dr Russel Norman, has unveiled what he describes as a bold plan to cut traffic congestion, reduce air pollution and help the economy. “Our new Green Party policy will provide free public transport for all school students during school times and a 50% discount at other times. We would introduce the policy […]

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Ports of Auckland CEO, Jens Madsen, says NZ Inc will need stronger strategies in place to support transport and infrastructure needs outside port gates as port rationalisation occurs. He believes it is inevitable a hierarchy or ports will emerge in NZ with just a few maintaining full international shipping links as shipping lines push to […]

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