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Greens New Transport Person
Greens has appointed new MP Julie-Anne Genter as the party’s transport spokesperson. It’s an ideal fit as the American has worked as an urban planning...
Greens Announce Auck Transport Policy
Greens today released its transport policy including funding 60% of Auckland’s CBD Rail Link and stopping the Holiday highway. Transport spokesperson Gareth...
Greens Release Transport Plans
A Greens government would fund at least 60%, or $1.4 billion of the major missing piece of Auckland infrastructure, a CBD Rail Link. It would also put forward...
$2m & Fingers To The Beehive
This afternoon the Auckland Council voted to give $2 million to Auckland Transport to progress the CBD Taniwha Rail Link. And as predicted, it voted to make the...
Hughes Slips On Party List
Disappointing to see Greens’ transport spokesman Gareth Hughes be knocked down one rung on the Greens’ list announced today. A newcomer, former Canterbury...
Joyce “Clarifies” Meeting Cancellation
Transport Minister Steven Joyce was quizzed in parliament this afternoon over suspicions that the government is trying to stop a Wellington regional motorway project...
Greens Question Key On Rail
The Greens say Key’s wait-and-see response to Auckland’s call for greater investment into rail is “particularly galling given their commitment...
Motorways Criticised
Today’s Rail and Maritime union’s annual conference in Wellington was told that the seven roads of national significance will benefit truckies and road...
Kapiti Expressway Opposition
Wellington’s Kapiti expressway debate is hotting up with a three-hour public meeting attended by 300 people and Labour calling on it to be a local election...
Joyce: CBD Loop Maybe
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says forget about rail links to the North Shore or an airport rail link. But he is not adverse to the idea of a CBD rail loop -...
Joyce On CBD Loop
Transport Minister Steven Joyce refused to commit support today for the CBD rail loop saying he would have to await the business case which will be with him before...
Video: CBD Loop Campaign
Left and right politicians joined forces in a rare united voice this afternoon to help the Greens launch its campaign to hurry up the rail CBD loop. Joining...
Greens Launch CBD Loop Petition
Greens MPs Gareth Hughes and Keith Locke this afternoon launched their petition calling on the government to fast track the proposed CBD rail loop. “Auckland...
Fast-track CBD Loop Campaign
The Greens are to launch a campaign to fasttrack the Auckland CBD rail loop. Greens transport spokesman Gareth Hughes says his party sees the CBD Rail Loop as a...
Farebox Policy Slammed
The Greens today slamed the government’s farebox recovery policy as a short-sighted funding policy for public transport that will mean more expensive bus and rail...
Greens Push For North Rail Link
The threat to close Northland’s rail line, in the wake of the KiwiRail plan, has re-ignited the debate about the Puhoi highway. Energetic Greens transport...
Greens Say Minister “Short Sighted”
The Greens say the transport minister ia making “short-sighted decisions that will harm the economy and hit Kiwis in the back pocket.” Mr Joyce hinted...
Call For Lower Blood Alcohol Levels Grows
A poll finding that a majority of New Zealanders support reducing the adult blood-alcohol limit from 80mg to 50mg per 100ml has led to a chorus of support for such...
Greens Step Up Campaign Against Bigger Trucks
The Greens is continuing its attack on the government decision to allow bigger longer trucks. It says the taxpayer is already subsidising overweight trucks. The...
Greens Appoint Spokesperson For Time Travel
The Green Party today appointed new spokespeople to several key transport-related portfolios - including a spokesperson for time travel. Catherine Delahunty...
Govt To Allow Longer Heavier Trucks (Updated II)
Longer heavier trucks are on the way. The transport minister Steven Joyce has got government backing for a new permit system for trucks allowing heavy (up to 53...
A Bit Green on Who’s Who?
Greens MP Gareth Hughes, in Hamilton for the presentation of CBT’s petition in support of a Waikato-Auckland rail link, came up with an unusual and cheeky...
Farebox Scheme About To Roll: Greens Warning
The NZTA Board is meeting today to approve the Government’s recommendation of setting a farebox recovery ratio of 50% for the main cities. The ratio determines...
How Greens Will Improve Road Safety: Drive Less
The Greens today presented their own solution to better road safety - lower urban speed limits and get people to drive less. Commenting on the transport...
