News & updates

This week Head of Policy & Advocacy, James McDevitt reports on a meeting with the Associate Transport Minister; on an MBIE briefing on fuel supply and refining capacity, and how NZTA and Police are better using data for decisionmaking.

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.

This week I had the pleasure of visiting members in Palmerston North whose business has grown dramatically over the past decade, and it was good to reflect on their success. We also agreed to get in behind Infrastructure New Zealand’s “Let’s Build NZ” campaign, which has great synergies with our Election Platform.

This week we launched our Election Platform which we'll be taking to policy makers across the country. In other news, NZTA's detour decisions raise questions, and the 50MAX transition is frustrating operators.

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