But a legacy still remains in the form of a clash between the scope and the expected benefits of NZTA’s work. The NZTA’s descriptions and performance measures for its activity classes have improved. Under the current government, there’s been steady progress towards a more people-focused narrative. In a future post we will also discuss the safety benefits. As we’ve discussed in earlier posts, we believe establishing a national public transport network is required to reduce our transport carbon emissions, and for many other environmental and access reasons. Investment in nationally-coordinated inter-regional public transport has, in recent history, been neglected in favour of roading and aviation. Therefore having data that is easy to find, share and use is important. Robust business cases that are supported by evidence and good data gathering systems are vital to support this process. The NZ Transport Agency and regional authorities need to provide high quality analysis to input into a rigorous, fit-for-purpose investment analysis system. What is required to start developing a co-ordinated passenger rail and bus network for the whole country? One important step, outlined in the Government Policy Statement, is ensuring we’re gathering the right, quality data: This is a post by Paul Callister and Heidi O’Callahan.
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