All “Strategy” topics

The government’s new transport strategy encompasses a broad pipeline of work, focusing on both immediate improvements and long-term developments. It shifts the focus for transport investment from three-year short-term thinking to a more ambitious and aspirational 10-year framework. This will help to give certainty and stability to delivery partners both in the local government and construction sectors.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown answers Logistics & Transport NZ’s questions.

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”.

The freight and supply chain system faces substantial changes over the coming years but a new strategy sets out goals and focus areas for the next three, 10 and 30 years.

The Government policy statement (GPS) is a statutorily-required document that sets the government’s revenue for the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) – i.e., fuel excise duty, RUC – and details what that revenue is to be spent on, at a high level, by using “activity classes”.

The Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation engaged Andreas Heuser and his team to determine some detailed modelling and analysis for the supply-demand, and distribution of hydrogen – including potential export markets.

In this guest editorial Diane Edwards, new CILT NZ President, introduces herself and shares a draft strategy for CILT which will be further developed and implemented in collaboration with membership in future.

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.

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Unsurprisingly, the Emissions Reduction Plan – released on May 16 – requires actions across every sector of the economy including transport, energy and industry, building and construction, agriculture, forestry, waste and fluorinated gases.

Te Manatu Waka The Ministry of Transport knows that there are longer term supply chain issues which government has a role in addressing, and that is why the Ministry has been progressing a national freight and supply chain strategy.

The pandemic has pushed kiwis to shop online more than ever before and parcels moving through NZ Post’s network are up an astonishing 25 per cent year-on-year. Peter Jones discusses latest e-commerce trends and offers thoughts on where this rapid growth is heading.

Find out why it is important to understand what is happening in the world around us, including what is happening in other specialist domains and industries, and use this to think about our own strategies.

The GPS outlines the Government’s transport priorities to guide investment in the land transport system during the next 10 years. It is reviewed every three years and determines how money from the NLTF will be co-invested with local government in a range of activities to maintain, renew, operate, and improve the land transport system.

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