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The New Zealand Transport Strategy defines the Government's vision of an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable transport system by 2010. One of its aims is to ensure environmental sustainability - policies will encourage usage of more energy efficiency modes of transport and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector.

In October 2006 Cabinet noted that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector deliver significant co-benefits in terms of enhanced air quality, health, energy security, cost savings and resilience to international oil price fluctuations.

Sustainable transport is about finding ways to move people, goods and information in ways that reduce its impact on the environment, the economy, and society.

Some options include:

using transport modes that use energy more efficiently, such as walking or cycling and public transport
improving transport choice by increasing the quality of public transport, cycling and walking facilities, services and environments
improving the efficiency of our car use, such as using more fuel efficient vehicles, driving more efficiently, avoiding cold starts, and car pooling
using cleaner fuels and technologies
using telecommunications to reduce or replace physical travel, such as tele-working or tele-shopping
planning the layout of our cities to bring people and their needs closer together, and to make cities more vibrant and walkable

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