A MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT FUTURES VISION

A LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT

FUTURE

BUT BY THE LATE 1800S CITIES WERE LITERALLY

DROWNING IN HORSE MANURE

FOR CENTURIES

WE RELIED ON HORSES TO MOVE US

WHEN INTRODUCED, MOTORISED TRANSPORT

WAS HAILED AS AN

eNVIRONMENTAL

sAVIOUR

Cars transformed the way we live –

offering

MOBILITY, FREEDOM & STATUS

But oil based transport also

brought with it new

IN THE FUTUREAVERAGECAR FUELCONSUMPTION

WILLIMPROVEFROM 10KM TO

100KM PER LITRE

Passenger transport will be dominated by low-carbon vehicles where electric charging points will outnumber petrol pumps

WE WILL BUY MOBILITY AS A

SERVICE INSTEAD OF OWNING

A CAR, REDUCING CAR

NUMBERS AND CARBON COSTS

OF VEHICLE PRODUCTION

Quiet, electric self-driving cars will change the face of local delivery, using roads at night to reduce congestion

UNDER-THE-ROAD CHARGING TECHNOLOGY WILL KEEP OUR BATTERY POWERED URBAN BUSES

AND TRUCKS MOVING

THERE WILL BE FEWER FREIGHT TRIPS AS REAL-TIME TRACKING

SEAMLESSLY MATCHES GOODS

TO VEHICLES

DOMESTIC SEA FREIGHT WILL INCREASE

GREATER USE OF SOLAR AND WIND TECHNOLOGIES

TO POWER OUR SHIPS

AND WE’LL MAKE

AIR TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WITH INCREASED FUEL

CAPACITY AND EFFICIENCY REDUCING THE CARBON

IMPACT OF MORE FLIGHTS

HIGH-DENSITY ‘URBAN VILLAGES’

WILL ALLOW FOR MORE WALKING AND CYCLING,

IMPROVING HEALTH

This vision is not presented as the views of industry or government policy. It is the Ministry of Transport’s intention to stimulate wider debate and

generate ideas on the possible future of New Zealand’s transport system.

Find out more about transport futures at www.transport.govt.nz/futures

This story is one vision for the future

We want to create debate and generate ideas

Challenge our ideas and let us know your

vision for the future of low-carbon transport