Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles
- Written by: Len Gillman, Professor of Biogeography, Auckland University of Technology
Getty ImagesBy the end of this month, speed limits on more than 2,000 roads across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland will have been reduced by between 10 and 60 kilometres per hour (km/h). Part of the Auckland Transport (AT) safe speeds programme, the aim is to reduce serious injuries and fatalities.
According to AT, areas where speeds have already...
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