road transport forum Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Smart money backing rail



    Rail has a bright future both here and overseas. Here’s why: Recent press from overseas saw Australian trucking magnate, Lindsay Fox, publicly support a campaign to move more freight by rail. In a rare show of non-partisan honesty, Fox said, “’I’m talking against myself when I’m talking about putting things on rail. We’re only here for [...] read more
    March 2, 2010 11:18 am - 85 Comments
  • frog

    The End of KiwiRail?



    I recently attended an ISCR seminar on the future of rail. According to the speaker, Dave Heatley, there’s basically no future for rail. Rail is unfixable in its present form, he argued, without making some “heroic assumptions” about how we measure externalities and the opportunity cost of keeping rail. Heatley’s damning report (available soon on the ISCR [...] read more
    February 19, 2009 4:49 pm - 106 Comments
  • frog

    Truckies’ torment



    So Tony Friedlander is going to lead truck companies in a protest against the impact that rising prices are having on their business. I understand farmers will also be protesting against the impact that drought has on their business and airlines will be protesting about the excessive costs that gravity imposes on their business. What I [...] read more
    July 3, 2008 8:35 am - 46 Comments