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DunedinSeptember 24

DCC transport strategy accepted

The Dunedin City Council has signed off its new transport strategy, but not before a final round of impassioned support and last-minute criticism.

DunedinMay 7

Transport submissions to be heard

Submissions on the draft $460 million Otago regional land transport programme will be heard in Dunedin on Monday by members of the Otago Regional Transport Committee.

QueenstownMarch 1

Progress sought on 'inter-regional' bridges

Otago transport authorities say they were rebuffed when they approached their Southland equivalents about sharing construction costs and potentially hastening the replacement of the Kawarau Falls bridge at Frankton.

NationalFebruary 19

Give-way rule change - is NZ ready?

Hundreds of intersections need modifications to make them safer ahead of the reversal of the left-turning traffic rule in five weeks.

NationalFebruary 15

Truckers face tighter rules for road charges

Truckies and heavy-vehicle users will have a tougher time escaping road user charges from August after a new law passed yesterday.

NationalFebruary 14

Multibillion-dollar spend-up on roads 'shows poor return'

Transport officials have highlighted a dramatic reduction in the cost-efficiency of the Government's multibillion-dollar spend-up on new highways.

NationalNovember 9

Give-way change pushed back over April Fool fears

The date for a new give-way rule change to come into force was pushed forward because of concern motorists would think it was an April Fools' joke.

NewsSeptember 21

Rural contractors say review needed

Rural Contractors New Zealand has welcomed a review of transport rules affecting agricultural contractors, describing it as "great news".

BusinessSeptember 5

National freight business buying into Central Otago

New Zealand's largest transport and logistics company, Toll New Zealand, has claimed an operational stake in Northern Southland Transport, a major South Island transport company.

DunedinJuly 14

Strategy should be more aspirational

The Dunedin City Council has criticised the draft Otago Regional Land Transport Strategy for not being aspirational enough during submission hearings at the Otago Regional Council yesterday.

NationalJune 29

Transport planning processes to be simplified

Changes will be made to transport planning legislation because the laws are too complicated and hold up progress, Transport Minister Steven Joyce says.

DunedinJune 8

Blast prompts warning over Caversham tunnel

Auckland's deadly gas blast - which claimed the life of a worker - is a "tragic reminder" the same threat could lurk inside Dunedin's Caversham tunnel, a Dunedin City Council manager says.

DunedinMarch 31

Major road rerouting back on agenda

A multimillion-dollar plan to reroute traffic through Dunedin is back on the agenda, and a major change to the city's one-way system is heading the list of possibilities.

DunedinMarch 15

Committee votes to take on bridge

Dunedin city councillors have voted to accept ownership of a historic but dilapidated pedestrian footbridge at Ravensbourne, as well as a $274,000 repair bill.

NationalJanuary 31

AA urges driver vigilance near schools

The AA says drivers must be extra vigilant near schools when children return to school this week.

NewsJanuary 21

Call for Government to reclassify Segways

Segways have been deemed illegal to use in a public place, but that has not deterred Otago businesses from still using them and has stimulated a call for the Government to reclassify the non-polluting vehicles.

NationalDecember 16

Air NZ/Virgin Blue alliance approved

Air New Zealand is expecting a decision within days from Transport Minister Steven Joyce on its proposed tie-up with Virgin Blue on transtasman routes, following conditional approval from Australian regulators.

DunedinNovember 5

More crashes at level crossings

Level crossing collisions have spiked, but Kiwirail does not have the resources or the money to significantly increase crossing upgrades, the state-owned railway company says in its annual report.

QueenstownOctober 17

Rugby World Cup time for growth

New Zealand airports will need to focus on domestic markets during the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) to ensure strong national tourism growth, the Government says.

DunedinOctober 10

Bus firms appeal to Government

Dunedin's biggest commuter bus companies will ask the Government to reconsider cutting travel subsidies to stave off potentially significant financial losses.

NationalSeptember 29

More education needed around cellphone ban: AA

Using cellphones while driving is just "dumber than dumb" and more education is needed to drive the point home, a motoring affairs spokesman says.

NationalSeptember 28

Changes to give way rule announced

Give way rules at intersections are about to change, Transport Minister Steven Joyce announced today.

EditorialSeptember 15

Eggs in one basket

Much of modern commerce is about scale and the supposed economies that brings. Products are mass produced or, at least, collected en masse at limited numbers of sites for widespread distribution. The same type of process applies to services as centralisation gathers pace throughout the world.

DunedinSeptember 14

Focus on road user charges

Road user charges and keeping freight moving after disasters could dominate discussion at the Road Transport Forum's annual conference in Queenstown, Road Transport Association Otago-Southland president John Scally says.

DunedinSeptember 12

Cable cars plan popular

Cable cars could well be closer to making a return to at least one Dunedin route following a meeting of the Dunedin Cable Car Trust that attracted more than 160 people on Saturday.