Power and Joyce combine to roll Key on drink driving
17.08.10 Prime Minister John Key has been badly rolled by Justice and Transport Ministers Simon Power and Steven Joyce at today’s National caucus on the issue of drink driving legislation, says Labour Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes. More

Heavy trucks cost more than rail freight
17.08.10 Minister of Transport Steven Joyce is pushing through ill-considered policies and projects that benefit the trucking industry at the expense of the economy and the safety of New Zealanders, said the Green Party today. More

Blood alcohol Bill designed to give National courage
5.08.10 Labour Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes says he hopes his Member’s Bill aimed at lowering the blood alcohol limit for drivers will give spine to a National government that is dithering on the issue. More

Conviction highlights truck safety issues
18.07.10 Labour’s Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton says the conviction of an Auckland Transport firm for allowing its drivers to breach work time and log book rules is indicative of a bigger problem in the trucking industry and the government must take it more seriously. More

Labour will act on trucking horror
18.04.10 Labour’s Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton says she will be taking action over the horrific revelations in the Sunday Star Times today that truck drivers routinely fall asleep behind the wheel, drive up to 100 hours a week, don’t take any breaks and scrimp on maintenance. More

Heavier trucks risk road safety
31.03.10 The Government’s decision to allow heavier trucks on our roads is another move by National that will put the safety of Kiwi motorists at risk, Labour’s transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said today.
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Transport Minister shuts the door on reducing emissions
30.08.09 The Government has rejected one of the simplest and most effective ways of reducing New Zealand's carbon emissions, the Green Party said today. More

Local roads will be left to ruin under National
27.08.09 New Zealanders could be faced with the reality of deteriorating local roads following the release of the Government’s three-year National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) today, Labour’s transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said today. More

Loads of roads programme is dinosaur thinking
27.08.09 The ‘loads of roads’ National Land Transport Programme will mire New Zealand in an outdated 1950s approach to transport and do nothing to protect us from rising oil prices, climate change, or the obesity epidemic. More

Decent rail or loads of roads
26.08.09 Starvation rations for the rail network and supersized meals for the city’s roading network are on the menu for Aucklanders.
A strict cap imposed on Auckland’s rail electrification project is at odds with the Government’s open-ended approach to motorway funding, Green Party Auckland Transport Spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More

Research Roadshow set to challenge new drivers
06.08.09 The Research Roadshow, complete with a car crash scenario and a host of road safety factors, is set to visit Auckland as it works with secondary students from Kelston Girls’ College and Green Bay High School. More