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Price of life: Govt to value safer and faster journeys nearly three times more

The NZ Transport Agency has quietly hiked the value it places on a human life to $12.5 million, in a far-reaching decision that resets how much government will pay for road and rail infrastructure, and much more. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Kerb your enthusiasm for cars, Auckland Transport

Auckland Transport’s decision not to remove kerbside parking signals it will continue to prioritise cars, says Timothy Welch

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The Week in Detail: Cycleways, cancelled ferries, and FIFA

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Cycleways and their image problem

Critics call them "gold-plated cycleways", but as The Detail finds out, there's more to these infrastructure projects than meets the eye.

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How to build light rail, not bankrupt it

Mike Lee proposes a way out of Auckland's light rail mess in part two in a series on the beleaguered project.

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Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles

By the end of this month, speed limits on more than 2,000 roads across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland will have been reduced by between 10 and 60 kilometres per hour (km/h). Part of the Auckland Transport (AT) safe speeds programme, the aim is to reduce serious injuries and fatalities.

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Swarbrick comes out swinging at Auckland Council budget cuts

Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick said a growing tide of disquiet with the proposed budget cuts to a range of Council services encouraged her to help people submit feedback

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Auckland’s battered infrastructure is 'very fragile'

Council advised disastrous one-two punch should provoke a rethink about how important transport links like bridges are built.

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NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed

Critical infrastructure – such as airports, significant roads and our water systems – should be treated as too important to fail. The recent floods are a warning that prioritising resilience for our infrastructure is urgently needed

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Flood warning: NZ's critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed

Flooded roads, our largest international airport underwater, overwhelmed storm water systems and significant sewage discharge into the sea and streams. The recent floods and then cyclone in Auckland are a stark reminder that our basic infrastructure lacks the resilience needed to survive major weather events.

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Desley the deputy steps into the breach

The country's seen a bit of Desley Simpson over the past fortnight, stepping up to communicate with the public over Auckland's historic floods. But who is this savvy political operator?

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AT concert travel muck-up: 'It's embarrassing'

Fans are describing Auckland Transport's plans to help them get to and from Elton John's concerts in the supercity this weekend as a fiasco with tonight's concert now cancelled due to the weather.

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Aucklanders farewell yellow brick road, welcome transport solutions

The yellow brick road to Mt Smart stadium looks to be packed this weekend as thousands travel to dual Elton John concerts.

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How Auckland Transport scores on environmental change

Auckland Transport’s environment programme director gave her own organisation a fair score on its environmental work over the last year, but said it was just the beginning of a journey

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Auckland mayor aims for 7 percent rates increase

Wayne Brown's budget is looking to patch a $295m hole in the council's books caused by high interest rates, inflation and reduced income due to economic conditions

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Business trepidation about $3 billion light rail levy

The Transport Minister is to advise Cabinet how to tax businesses and property owners' gains to help fund mass transit projects in our biggest cities.

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From sprinklers to sheep: New emissions tools help firms flex on the world stage

NZ develops measurement tools and targets to help businesses here avoid the greenwashing of the 'carbon neutral' Qatar World Cup with its stadiums and watered, air-conditioned turfs.

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For want of a bus driver: tough times for Auckland Transport

Recent cuts to bus services due to a major skills shortage cast an unhealthy pall on a public transport system still trying to regain the patronage of pre-pandemic years

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Who Wayne Brown is actually calling out

Newsroom explains what some of the incoming mayor's least favourite council-controlled organisations do.

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Wayne Brown: The storm before the storm

Wayne Brown is the kind of politician you can take at face value - if he promises disruption and radical change, it is more than likely to eventuate. Tim Murphy distils down what he's promised.

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Ukraine war delays NZ Transport Agency's speed camera shipment

A plan to accelerate the rollout of speed cameras in Auckland has hit a speed bump.

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Bus driver assaults prompt protective barrier trial

Auckland bus drivers are being assaulted at the rate of one a week. They say it’s an emergency, and that their employers and Auckland Transport need to fulfil their legal duties to protect driv

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Auckland woman's pleas over construction chaos ignored

There's been no help from Auckland Council for a woman enduring havoc from a neighbouring construction project that's restricted access to her house and dug up her lawn.

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Mayoral campaign: Everyone hates Auckland Transport

Auckland Transport has been the designated punching bag for a number of mayoral and Council candidates in the run-up to local body elections - but how justified is the vitriol?

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Mayoral candidates hit the road with transport policy

In their bid for the Auckland mayoralty, candidates have had to come up with clear transport policy while avoiding reinventing the wheel

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