The Campaign For Better Transport » freight http://www.bettertransport.org.nz Better Transport for the 21st Century Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:50:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Squeeze on KiwiRail services http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/2010/03/squeeze-on-kiwirail-services/ http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/2010/03/squeeze-on-kiwirail-services/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:15:01 +0000 LJH http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/?p=1102 Both TVNZ and the NZ Herald report that KiwiRail is under pressure to mothball the Napier – Gisborne line, and the northern portion of the Wairarapa line (Masterton – Woodville).

]]> http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/2010/03/squeeze-on-kiwirail-services/feed/ 1 Subsidised road network “elephant in room” http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/2009/10/subsidised-road-network-elephant-in-room/ http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/2009/10/subsidised-road-network-elephant-in-room/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:50:47 +0000 LJH http://www.bettertransport.org.nz/?p=877 TVNZ reports:

New Zealand’s state highway network is subsidised by about $1.5 billion each year, which is scuppering the coastal shipping industry, the New Zealand Shipping Federation says.

It cited a government-commissioned report, the Rockpoint Corporate Finance report, Coastal Shipping and Modal Freight Choice, for the New Zealand Transport Agency, which was released last week.

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