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Moving MORE Freight on FEWER Trucks

Marinus La Rooÿ, NZ Transport Agency

Improving the efficiency of freight supply chains Policy background

Manage growing freight task

Opportunity to improve road freight efficiency

Policy background

High productivity motor vehicles (HPMVs) “have the potential to significantly increase the efficiency of road transport and generate large economic benefits…” Productivity Commission, 2012

What is a HPMV? Meet the whanau……

Heavier - specific routes (44-58 tonnes)

Longer - network (aka ‘Proforma’, 22/23 meters)

Longer - specific routes (22-25 meters)

Heavier + Longer - specific routes (25 meters, 62 tonnes)

50MAX - network (up to 50 tonnes, 22/23 meters)

Must be a suitable vehicle permitted to a suitable route or network, with a suitable operator…..

What is a HPMV? Built that way….

What is a HPMV? Before & after……

Not a HPMV Now a HPMV

What are the benefits? Estimated economic benefits….

Heavier (20% fewer trips) Longer (14% fewer trips)

Heavier + Longer (30% fewer

trips)

50MAX (15% fewer trips)

Improving truck safety Newer, fewer, safer trucks

Newer trucks

Higher safety & environmental standards

Better visibility requirements

Lower roll-over risk

PLUS

Reduced crash risk (in context of increasing freight volumes)

Enabling HPMV uptake

Importance of accurate information

Better customer experience

Faster, more certain permit experience

More information, especially route information (MAPS!)

Regulatory amendments

Deliver the network

5200 Kms

Deliver the network…

50MAX If you can’t fix the network, fix

the truck….

• 85% of local councils signed up

• 288 million kilometres travelled since Oct 2013

• 5700 50MAX-1Network permits approved

High productivity, results for Q1 2015/16

Q1 Results…

The next challenge….

Discussion

freightportfolio@nzta.govt.nz

www.nzta.govt.nz/freight