Freight must be treated as a priority, no longer a planning afterthought, as part of the Government’s and Auckland Council’s restructuring of AT announced today says National Road Carriers Association (NRC).

“Despite costing $1.5 billion a year to run, AT has very limited expertise in freight,“ said NRC CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers. “Right now, freight is an afterthought for Auckland’s transport planners.

At the recent EROAD Fleet Day National Road Carriers (NRC) announced it has teamed up with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) to help tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the freight sector – the shift to low and zero emissions heavy vehicles through the use of NRC’s widely used and recently revamped Cost Model tool.