Election 2017 - Party Policies - Transport - Emissions
27th May 17, 9:08am
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- Reduce or abandon petrol tax and introduce road pricing on new and existing roads, congestion charging, peak time charges and preferential lanes.
- Read more here.
- Invest in clean, electric transport, including new electric rail lines in Auckland and Wellington.
- Complete the electrification of the North Island Main Trunk Line.
- Set ambitious emission standards for imported vehicles. Regularly review and update vehicle exhaust emission standards for all vehicles entering the country to ensure that New Zealand continues to import vehicles built to the highest available standards.
- Exempt electric vehicles from fringe benefit tax.
- Invest $1 billion over 10 years to create safe cycling networks in all major cities and towns.
- Read more here and here.
- Increase the uptake of electric vehicles by focusing on converting high use government fleet vehicles to electric power.
- Support trials of electric vehicles in freight distribution to reduce the reliance on diesel vehicles in this area to improve local air quality, as well as reducing carbon emissions.
- Continually monitor evolutions and externalities in the transport area to ensure that new technologies not only provide accessibility and environmental benefits but also benefit passengers and workers.
- Develop tools for local authorities (with reference to international guidelines) that will assist in the development and implementation of emissions reduction programmes.
- Read more here and here.
- One in three cars in the government fleet to be electric by 2021. A move from petrol and diesel to low emission transport is a natural evolution, and it is our aim to encourage that switch sooner, rather than later.
- Read more here.
- Require government and council vehicles to be 100% zero emission by 2025/26 (with exemptions for emergency services and NZDF).
- Initiate a Public Inquiry on the future of conventionally powered motor vehicles — to put in place what we need to have mostly zero emission vehicles by 2050.
- Read more here.
- Proposed a fund that helps New Zealander’s to purchase an electric vehicle or for a business to set up an electric charging station.
- We would implement a $10 million per year fund on a first come, first serve basis.
- You can use that to pay for up to 1/3 or $5000 of the costs of an electric vehicle.
- It could also fund the building of charging stations up and down the country.
- The fund could add thousands of electric cars to NZ households.
- Read more here.
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