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Monday, September 18, 2023

Eric Crampton: Transport funding is an incoherent mess, but there is a solution


Transport funding has become an incoherent mess. In August, the Ministry of Transport released the Draft Government Policy Statement on land transport funding. Submissions closed on Friday.

An incoming government should take the opportunity to re-think the entire approach. Fortunately, shelved reforms from the late 1990s provide an excellent starting point for a better system.