The paper sets a framework for sustainable transportation planning in New Zealand and considers sustainable network management in more detail for the two significant issues of ‘limited access road’ management and ‘transportation corridor’ long term planning. The paper is in four parts: 1. a brief history of New Zealand transport events and transportation planning of the past 50 years; 2. some basic planning precepts and the positioning of planning instruments between government, regional and local government and their time horizons; 3. the evolution of limited access management on our major arterial networks so as to better serve our present and future urban and rural transport needs and ensure sustainability of our existing system; 4. long term transportation corridor planning and management to meet existing and future transport networks, including corridor protection that secures the sustainability of both our transport networks, our environment and our communities. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E212706.
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