Articles in Transport
Mercury Energy Communications
MEDIA RELEASE
Good Energy Taxi catches good deeds on camera
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Mercury Energy is once again celebrating the good energy of Kiwis by sending the world’s first Good Energy-powered taxi out on …
‘Industry leaders call for green travel’
Travel and tourism leaders are calling for a new enlightened framework for sustainable tourism in a ground breaking collection of essays compiled by Victoria University academics.
“Green Growth and Travelism: Letters …
1 June 2012
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Transport experts offer support for cheeky underwear protest
Transport experts and civic leaders have joined a wave of support for the 40 young people who rode a Wellington commuter train in their …
Bike the Trail returns this Sunday
After having to postpone the original event during March’s “weather bomb”, Hutt Valley’s largest cycling event, Bike the Trail, will be making a return this Sunday.
The event, which takes place …
Bringing New Zealand’s road toll down is no small job. But it’s one that Robert Isler and his daughter Nadine Isler are tackling head on. They’ve developed a learning system called eDrive, which aims to …
CAN
NZTA have released a new report from a project designed to “assess the comparative risk associated with exposure to traffic pollution when travelling via different transport modes in New Zealand cities”.
The good news for cyclists …
SAFETY SURFACE REDUCES CRASHES ON WAINUIOMATA HILL ROAD
A drop in road crashes on the Wainuiomata Hill road has been linked to Hutt City Council work on installing a new safety surface and upgrading the road …
“Get out your best Christmas Frock, light up your bike and join us next Tuesday 14th December for our Xmas Lights Tour in Cycle Style” says Frock Mistress, Annie Frocker.
Frocks On Bikes has organised a …
I can’t seem to get my mind off the subject of transport recently. You might be getting sick of hearing about it, but just in case you missed the news, Len Brown is the new …
“… we have entered a period of deep uncertainty in how we will source energy for power, heat and mobility, and how much we will have to pay for it.”
These words are quoted directly from …
Weds 22 Sept was World Car-free day. As a kid, I was lucky enough to live over the road from my suburban primary school (I do believe I even crossed the road alone) and cycled …
I’m still searching for the answer to the (other) big question:
Does Peak Oil exist?
If I’m going to try and convince others within my community to make plans for an alternative future without oil, I need …
Hikurangi Foundation
Media statement
For release: 19 August 2010
Residents have their say on “Taxi-bus”
Warkworth residents are being surveyed on a Taxi-bus service to see if this could be a solution to the lack of public transport in …
NZ Herald
Transport Minister Steven Joyce wants motorists to take care on the roads over the long weekend.
More people were choosing to holiday in New Zealand this year and the roads will be unusually busy, he …