NEW ZEALAND: Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2015/16-2024/25

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2014
Effective End Year: 
2025
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Overarching Policy, Other
Economic Sector: 
Transport
Energy Types: 
Oil, Renewable, Other
Issued by: 
Ministry of Transport
Source: 
Ministry of Transport
File: 
Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2015/16-2024/25
Overall Summary: 
The Government Policy Statement on land transport (the GPS) sets out the Government’s strategic and policy goals for land transport, as well as the funding direction necessary to achieve them. It guides not only an investment of $3.4 to $4.4 billion per annum from central government, but around $1.0 billion a year from local government. This GPS – GPS 2015 – continues the overall strategic direction of GPS 2012, prioritising economic growth and productivity, road safety, and value for money. The GPS is related to the New Zealand Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy, with its focus on a more energy efficient transport system with a greater diversity of fuels and alternative energy technologies.
Environment
Decarbonization strategy: 
Objective: A land transport system that mitigates the effects of land transport on the environment. [...]Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport is an important consideration in investment policy. [...] GPS 2015 will support this result through: a. Enabling the mitigation of environmental effects: The scale of the land transport investment programme will result in a continued significant investment in mitigating the adverse effects of improvements, concentrating on the most adverse effects.[...]. b. Clear reporting on the investment in environmental mitigation: The first step to improving returns from this investment is securing a better understanding of the costs involved. A better understanding of the costs of environmental mitigation is needed to support well informed investment.
Governance
National policy structure: 
Elements of these national policies are reflected in five documents relevant to the GPS: [...] • the New Zealand Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy, with its focus on a more energy efficient transport system with a greater diversity of fuels and alternative energy technologies.
Statistics collection and management: 
b. Clear reporting on the investment in environmental mitigation: The first step to improving returns from this investment is securing a better understanding of the costs involved. A better understanding of the costs of environmental mitigation is needed to support well informed investment.