The Ministry of Transport is proposing changes to the Vehicle Mass and Dimension (VDAM) Rule, which controls maximum allowable weights and sizes of trucks on New Zealand roads. You can read our submission here, and make your own submission online here. A pro-forma submission which you can edit is here. […]
Campaigns
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The Campaign for Better Transport has launched a new website – northshorerail.nz – in support of extending rail to the North Shore of Auckland. The CBT is convinced that the next crossing of the Waitemata should be for electrified rail, but plans are already under way for two three-lane tunnels for general traffic, costing […]
The Campaign for Better Transport has written to Minister of Transport Simon Bridges requesting that a tender process for a multi-lane vehicle tunnel across the Waitemata Harbour be halted. In the letter, the Campaign for Better Transport states: No cost benefit analysis has been carried out that is compliant with […]
Transportblog did a good job of fisking the recent comments Prime Minister John Key’s criticism on Auckland’s transport plans. In an interview with Paul Henry, the Prime Minister made a number of factual errors about Auckland’s transport issues that demonstrate he is either being poorly advised by officials, or is deliberately […]
As this article in the NZ Herald shows, the Government continues to make excuses instead of funding the City Rail Link. The targets that the Government has set as a prerequisite for funding the City Rail Link are bogus, hypocritical and simply an excuse for inaction. No prerequisite employment target […]
With the recent story about the 500 year old kauri in line for the chop, the following tweet has gained a lot of interest. Everyone knows more than 350 mature kauri will be felled or topped to make way for the Puhoi Warkworth toll road, eh? — Better Transport NZ […]
There has been speculation in recent weeks that Auckland Transport is now favouring a light rail solution over heavy rail, but recently Auckland Transport announced in a joint statement with NZTA that the critical Kirkbride Road intersection for “either light or heavy rail”. Kirkbride SH20 Intersection Upgrade Auckland Transport […]
This post summarises our Waikato Trains Now! campaign from 2010 Campaign Summary In October 2009 CBT launched a petition calling for the immediate start of a Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service. The petition received widespread support each and every time CBT members took it out to the public for […]