Ask Phoebe: Danger from big beams an illusion
Every day I drive under the Northwestern motorway extensions taking place at Waterview in Auckland.
Every day I drive under the Northwestern motorway extensions taking place at Waterview in Auckland.
A reader writes : A walkway has recently been completed in Remuera which runs down part of Orakei Rd. What it's for and how much it cost?
A reader writes: High-productivity motor vehicles (HPMVs) seem to be becoming increasingly obvious around Auckland.
The very helpful team at Transpower say that it would seem likely that Transmission Gully was named after..
Bus shelters are normally placed at "busy" bus stops, however there is an argument that bus stops become busy when a shelter is added, says Phoebe Falconer.
On a number of the concrete support pillars under the Harbour Bridge at Northcote, there are lines of poetry. Can you tell me anything about this?
Phoebe Falconer writes: Auckland Transport has no plans to run special services to the Taste of Auckland event, but there is other public transport that can get you there.
Work on the bridge is part of a $15 million New Zealand Transport Agency project to improve safety and help ease congestion on the Southern Motorway.
A reader writes: Is there any obligation for property owners to display their street number on their building in commercial or industrial areas?
I have seen at times different fish introduced to Western Springs Lake to clear the lake weed.
A reader writes: Why is petrol at the pump priced to the third decimal place - a thousandth of a cent?
Auckland Transport staff have made repairs to the sea wall at a number of other locations in Auckland, writes Phoebe Falconer.
Manukau Rd and Pah Rd are both arterial roads and are designed to cope with significant heavy vehicle volumes, writes Phoebe Falconer.
Heading north from Auckland through the Northern Tunnels, the speed limit through the tunnels and for some distance after leaving them is 80km/h.
Temporary-use spare wheels - non-standard spare or skinny tyre - are increasingly being supplied as standard by car manufacturers to save space and weight.
Is there any plan to open the Waterview Tunnel in one direction once one side has been fully bored so we can at least get half of the benefit sooner rather than waiting for both?
Phoebe Falconer answers our readers' questions about transport or any other Auckland issue.
I have just been informed that the council is going to put cycle lanes on both sides of Roscommon Rd and Browns Rd in Manurewa.
I moved to Clendon Park last year, and I'm struggling to find much information about its history.
What exactly does Auckland Council use dog registration fees for?
It is now more than two years since the rule dealing with priorities at intersections was changed.
On some long/busy weekends, passing lanes used to be coned off, so that merging manoeuvres did not hold up queues of traffic.
After 80 years of standing guard over the playing fields in Grey Lynn Park, an old gum tree came down in the recent storm.
Historically distances between towns or cities were taken from post office to post office but with the closure of many of these the measurement becomes problematic.
A recent Element magazine article said only rural areas can use rainwater for drinking and that city councils won't allow it.
If you can't hide car number plates behind bikes etc, why is it legal for car dealers to only put one number plate on a car at the back?
As well as public concern with the phasing of the street traffic lights I think there is a similar issue with the motorway on-ramp signals.
I commute on a bus from the North Shore to the city, which travels along the Fanshawe St bus lan, writes a reader.
Could you tell me the state of play with regard to the four-laning of SH1 to Cambridge?