The first, national Aotearoa Bike Challenge has successfully encouraged more Kiwis to cycle, with more than 14,000 people from over 1000 organisations taking part, including almost 4000 new riders.
A two week NZ Transport Agency trial gets underway on Monday, which will allow electric vehicle drivers access to five priority bypass lanes in Auckland.
The first Aotearoa Bike Challenge has prompted more Kiwis to cycle this summer, with participants up and down the country riding an impressive 1.3 million kilometres, or about six hundred times the length of New Zealand, since the workplace Challenge kicked off at the start of February.
The holidays are here, but we know that many of our hardworking friends in the newsgathering business will be at work while the rest of us are at the beach, so the NZ Transport Agency’s media team will be on call to help during the 2016/17 Christmas/New Year break.
The NZ Transport Agency says increasing public access in and out of Kaikoura via the inland road (route 70) is an urgent priority as crews continue working to restore the severe damage wrought by the November 14 earthquake.
NZ Transport Agency contractors have been working urgently throughout the day to assess the safety of key South Island state highway routes, clear slips and safely re-open roads as soon as conditions allow.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging the owners of used Toyota vehicles imported from Japan since 2015 to check the rightcar.govt.nz/recalls website to see if the front passenger airbags in their vehicles have been disconnected.
The NZ Transport Agency is urging the owners of vehicles affected by the global Takata airbag recall to have checks carried out to address the risk of potentially disabled front passenger airbags in some vehicles.
From today, Wednesday 7 September, all water damaged light vehicles will now require a full replacement of all electronic and pyrotechnic safety components such as airbags, sensors, seatbelts and seatbelt pre-tensioners and wiring.
The NZ Transport Agency is continuing its commitment to improving workplace health and safety by awarding zero harm scholarships to four recipients in the roading construction industry.
The NZ Transport Agency has set aside a $25 million investment to improve safety for visiting drivers through the 2015-2018 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP).
