All “Road transport” topics

Drowsy driving has long been a silent threat on the roads, responsible for countless accidents and near-misses worldwide.

An Auckland roading specialist says even if freight operators have to pay congestion charges, they’ll probably still make on the deal. Michael Roth, the Auckland City Lead Transport Advisor, is one of the team looking at introducing congestion charges to Auckland.

The CLIT’s transport research and educational trust (TRET) is calling for applications for a research grant of up to $15,000 (or two smaller grants). 

In an AutoSense podcast hosted by Greg Murphy, former All-Black and mental health advocate Sir John Kirwan (JK) says transforming ordinary tasks like these into daily rituals can help safeguard mental well-being—and in an industry rife with anxiety and depression, that’s got to be good news. 

In Australia, the Heavy Vehicle National Law provides for heavy penalties for actors in the road freight industry for safety offences. The key point of difference from usual road laws is that they are aimed at all participants in the decisions that led to a safety incident, including those outside the transport sector. Thus all actors from sender to receiver are covered, in what is known as the “chain of responsibility”.

Imagine trying to build a house without a plan. It’d be a disaster. Building a transport network is no different, except that it needs to be detailed, thorough, and robust. A plan has been developed and it is called “Arataki”.

Gisborne transport operator Steve Weatherell has navigated his fair share of adverse weather events, slips and blocked roads. So, the disastrous impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle weren’t going to stop him […]

In sectors like electricity generation, or polluting manufacturing, system-level changes can be implemented by influencing the behaviour of a manageable number of players. In transport, however, decarbonisation does not occur until millions of vehicle-owning households choose to adopt cleaner transport technologies or modes. Influencing their choices is much more challenging.

Freight has been a prominent agenda item for South Island regional councillors in recent months. Supply chain disruptions and the recent government direction to reduce transport-sector greenhouse gas emissions have heightened interest in the topic.

A combination of problems facing the trucking industry opened the opportunity for a new kind of solution: autonomous technology for heavy-duty trucks.

New Zealand has a one-of-a- kind road user charge (RUC) system, and it’s time to assess how it’s working. Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport is inviting New Zealanders to submit their views on improving the road user charges system.

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The He Pou A Rangi Climate Change Commission’s report signals significant change to the way Kiwis go about their lives, but questions remain about how the government will guide us to our new zero-emissions destination by 2050.

Road freight and the wider supply chain will make a massive contribution to New Zealand’s bounce back from Covid-19. Pretty much everything you need, every day, comes to you on a truck.

How did New Zealand’s transport modes fare during the lockdown period, and how are they recovering post Covid-19? How did they adapt to the requirements for social distancing and contactless payments? What innovations did they introduce and what role did technology play? CILT NZ spoke to a number of organisations and operators across the modes – air, sea, road and rail – to find out.