Ask Phoebe: How to work out steepness of our streets
"Would you be so kind as to find out from NZTA what the percentage sign refers to on some of their steep hill gradient signs?", writes a reader.
"Would you be so kind as to find out from NZTA what the percentage sign refers to on some of their steep hill gradient signs?", writes a reader.
There are some road markings in the shape of bicycle symbols that have appeared on the road surface on Seacliffe Ave and Hamana St in Devonport.
Three weeks ago in the rain a reader slipped on an area of the smooth discs in Davis Cres, near a physiotherapy clinic, suffering a painful lower back injury.
With all the hoopla over the new electric trains (and they are indeed wondrous things) one got to thinking - what is going to happen to all the old diesel trains and carriages?
While on holiday in Wanaka recently, we stopped at Snow Farm to see the memorial statue erected for Possum Bourne, writes a reader.
Q: Are there any plans to adjust how traffic merges onto the Northern Motorway from the Wellington St on-ramp?
While paying a small fine at the local library for an overdue book, I started wondering - does the council keep figures on how much money in library fines it gets and, if so, what do they use the money for?
I recently posted a "return to sender" letter which started me thinking about who owned that letter: me, the postal service, the sender, or the unknown (to me) addressee.
I wish to know if our 40km/h zone outside schools is at all times or only when school is in? Some places have an illuminated sign, others not. What about holidays and weekends?
We have the Counties Manukau Police, the Counties Manukau Health Board, and many other similarly named organisations.
Could you tell us why there is a road sign on the left-hand side of the Gillies Ave northbound on-ramp that reads Southern Motorway when we are clearly going north? Am I missing something?
Who has right of way when two vehicles are both on side roads (facing each other), each stopped at give way signs, and each wants to turn right on to the motorway?
Can the following be explained please? Westhaven Drive has speed bumps but now judder bars have been installed. Why so if speed bumps already exist?
The official description of an advanced stop box is an area in front of a general traffic lane on an approach to a signalled intersection.
Just recently I have noticed a huge new piece of machinery - a gantry perhaps - near where the Waterview tunnel is being built, at the Waterview end.
Can you tell me whether trucks should be using Ireland Rd in Panmure as a thoroughfare?
On a recent trip along the Northwestern Motorway I noticed, in the strip between Pt Chevalier and Te Atatu, strange things sticking out of the ground.
At the old Auckland Railway Station near Britomart, there appear to be new electric pylons going up.
Phoebe Falconer answers your questions about Auckland.
My understanding is that vehicles in both feeder lanes must stay in the lane closest to them when turning, writes a reader.
Changes will give riders and pedestrians more dedicated space, writes Phoebe Falconer.
Transport Agency says it may address SH16 signs when Western Ring Route is finally finished.
Recently, the new traffic lights on the interchange at Lincoln Rd on the Northwestern Motorway were turned on. It's now taking up to 45 minutes to access the motorway from Universal Dr, compared to 15 minutes before.
Only once in all the times I've turned have I been given right of way.