A few weeks ago, the government released the a draft of their next Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport for consultation, though it also effectively doubles as Labour’s transport policy for the election. The Ministry of Transport explain the purpose of the GPS as:The GPS is the Government’s strategy for investing in the land transport system. It outlines what the Government wants to achieve in land transport, and how it expects funding from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) to be allocated between types of activities (for example, roading, public transport and road safety) across the land transport system. Technically, the decision on what transport projects get funded sits Waka Kotahi, which is why it has a level of independence from the government. Yet they seem to think that because they build a few public transport projects, that’s all they need to do to tick the climate change box.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 06, 2023 02:50 UTC