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Motu Move is a contactless fare payment system in development as the National Ticketing Solution (NTS) for New Zealand.Contracted to the American company Cubic Transportation Systems, it is expected to be piloted on Route 29 in Christchurch with adult non-concession fares on 8 December 2024 before beginning initial rollout in Timaru and Temuka in early 2025 with the full range of payment ...
In early November 2023, Waka Kotahi suspended its NZ$305 million Transport Choices Programme where local councils would receive funding to encourage walking, cycling and public transportation. Waka Kotahi suspended this programme amidst coalition talks to form the National-led coalition government following the 2023 New Zealand general election .
The government agreed to take over control of the national rail network back when Toll NZ purchased Tranz Rail in 2003, under the auspices of ONTRACK, a division of the Railways Corporation. In May 2008 the government agreed to buy Toll NZ's rail and ferry operations for $665 million, [45] and renamed the operating company KiwiRail.
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The expressway operates only in the territorial area of the Kapiti District Council. As part of a state highway (SH1) the controlling authority for the expressway is Waka Kotahi - New Zealand Transport Agency When the second section was officially opened, tangata whenua gifted the name Te Ara Tuku a Te Rauparaha.
Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a faster alternative which is replacing toll booths , where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a card.
New Zealand reports a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual nationwide road toll, [1] plus special period figures for a number of holiday periods: [2] Christmas – New Year : between 4pm on 24 December (22 or 23 December if 24 December falls on a weekend) and 6am on 3 January (4 or 5 January if 1 and/or 2 January fall on a weekend or 2 January falls on a Friday).
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA; Māori: Waka Kotahi) uses a linear location referencing system for its State Highway network, nationwide. [9] This assists roading contractors, safety auditors and emergency services in pin-pointing locations across the country. The LRMS features several types of signs and methods of reference.