Inland Rail was meant to take 200,000 trucks a year off our roads – but it’s now been cut in half. Why is rail freight shortchanged compared to roads and city rail?
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The only way to reduce soaring transport emissions is to shift as much travel as possible to the lowest-emission option.
The tools and technologies to decarbonise freight transport in New Zealand are available now. The problem lies in their integration and the understanding of potential trade-offs.
President Joe Biden called on Congress to intervene to avoid a strike that he said would ‘devastate our economy.’
Amid growing concern over job security, pay, workload and passenger safety, rail workers in England and Scotland are voting on industrial action.
Everything from food to metals are facing major upheaval.
Large numbers of trucks not only add to road construction and maintenance bills, they also make our roads less safe and more congested and add to noise and air pollution.
Increased use of freight trains can ease the HGV driver crisis and improve the air quality, research shows.
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Senior University Teacher in Operations Management and Continuous Improvement, University of Sheffield
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