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False economies: the evidence shows higher speed limits don’t make financial sense

Documents show the government is going against expert advice and strong economic evidence by insisting higher speed limits will improve productivity.

Timothy Welch

New Zealand’s infrastructure woes are a constant political pain point. From ageing water systems to congested roads and assets increasingly...

As the government’s plan to increase speed limits begins to roll out, a group of local and international road safety and health experts has warned...

The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense...