National Land Transport Program Archive

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    Russel’s first Oral Question in the House today… - by frog



    To: Annette King, Minister of Transport Can she confirm that yesterday the Government announced in this year’s National Land Transport Program a public transport budget of $325 million and a roading budget of $1.94 billion, in other words six times more for roads than for public transport? I’ll report on the answer later today. Photo [...] read more
    July 1, 2008 10:48 am - 20 Comments
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    Land transport funding - by frog



    Earlier this week Russel noted that the government spends 6 or 7 dollars on roads for every 1 dollar on public transport.  Subsequently there was some debate about where Dr Cullen’s buy back of the Rail network fits in this calculation, so I thought it would be useful to go to the Green’s parliamentary advisory [...] read more
    May 28, 2008 2:49 pm - 3 Comments