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Road maintenance, public transport, EVs, RUC and the Roads of National Significance were all picked apart at a packed-out transport election debate in Wellington with National, Labour, the Greens, NZ First, ACT and TOP.

Decarbonising road freight is still rife with challenges pertaining to the availability of charging infrastructure, range capability, cargo capacity limitations, upfront costs and overall technological readiness. Despite all that, there's great things happening overseas and in NZ.

New Zealand research analysing 12.6 million ACC accident claims between 2005 and 2016 found road accident rates were 16% higher on the first day after daylight saving began and 12% higher on the second.

The road freight industry is still considered “hard to abate” due to the poor availability of charging infrastructure, insufficient range capabilities of some EVs, cargo capacity limitations, and high upfront costs. But luckily we've got some great minds who are up for the challenge.

No matter who forms the next Government, we believe these five calls are key to creating a better transport network for all.

TNZ staff visited the opening of the latest Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre at Mackays Crossing north of Wellington.