Advocates attack removal of climate change from government's draft transport policy

Paul Winton does not mince his words: "The 60s have called Simeon Brown and they want their transport plan back."

Winton is a trustee of All Aboard Aotearoa, a coalition of advocacy groups fighting for a more sustainable transport system.

He said the government's new draft policy statement on land transport, released on Monday, was a disgrace.

"This is a transport plan that wouldn't have been out of place in 1955 in Los Angeles," he told Morning Report.

"... back in the days, when they thought that building roads and suburbs as far as the eyes could see was something that would drive the economy and drive better lives for people. But 60 years later, we know that is not the case."

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