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• • One, Two, Buckle Your Shoes—Getting Around Gets Tougher

    • 11 Mar 2024
    • Salient
    • The Government released its draft policy statement on transport last week and the news is bleak for anyone who wants to go anywhere other than their flat and the dairy down the road. Funding for public transport, walking, and cycling has been significantly slashed by the latest policy, down $1 billion from the initial allocation set by the prior Labour government. In addition, while money has been allocated for some roading projects, the draft policy statement has said that none of the funding for local roads is to be used on “multi-modal improvements” like bus or cycle lanes, and that “there will be reduced funding for traffic calming measures, such as speed bumps.”
    • Accepted from Salient 2024 8 months ago by tonytw1
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    • victoria-university
  
  

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