Compression release engine brakes, also known as Jacobs brakes, are the noisiest type of brakes.

The community groups challenging the SkyPath plan in the Environment Court have reached their deadline to finalise their issues with the proposal.

Is it too much to ask for rail to be marketed as a cheaper, viable alternative to road, writes Barry Soper. It would save the taxpayer and the custodians of our hospitals a mint.

Auckland commuters lose 20 working days a year sitting in jams, according to the annual Tomtom survey released this week.

Day-trippers heading out of Auckland should expect a slower than normal journey.

For one hour every morning, Wellington is one of the worst cities in the world to be stuck in traffic.

EDITORIAL: Witty messages on the back of a vehicle can be amusing, however not those displayed on the campervan company Wicked Campers.

Every available bus in Auckland is being used to ease the high demand of March, but people are still begging to be let on at stops.

A father says his daughters were traumatised when a bus driver honked and yelled at them, threatening to "wipe them out" because they were parked in a bus lane.

The annual battle for a spot on the bus has kicked off with commuters waiting in the rain for a bus with room and journeys taking up to 1.5 hours.

Raphael Giles' plea follows seven days of carnage on the roads. Up to 17 people have died, taking the year to date's road toll to 65 last night.

ROLLING COVERAGE: Everything you need to know as Auckland hit by 24-hour bus strike.

Auckland has survived the first hurdle of today's bus strike, but people were angry when police stopped motorists using bus lanes.

Uber is telling users to brace themselves for surge-pricing tomorrow morning as demand soars from commuters stranded by cancelled buses.

Key's City Rail Link "dance of the seven veils" almost breached the R18 barrier when he performed at the recent Auckland Chamber of Commerce breakfast, writes Brian Rudman.

Would you be able to tell me the meaning of a bicycle sign I have seen on Pt Chevalier Rd?

Timelapse video covering the entire length of the $250 million Cambridge Section of the Waikato Expressway. Source: YouTube.com/Anotherdaywithbandj

11 permits refused in the past months alone due to sex offences, but agency says most of those new applicants.

Snapped and fined for driving through a red light? Yes please, say an overwhelming majority of motorists in our biggest city.

The Super City has a super parking warden who issued nearly double the value in tickets than the next best warden in the last financial year.

A speeding driver branded an 'idiota' by police has used the excuse of being "young and dumb".

A popular YouTube blogger was snapped doing 141km/h and fined $400 by police.

More than 8000 drink-drivers were caught in the first year of New Zealand's lower alcohol law - and issued fines totalling more than $1.6 million.

New Zealand's top 20 speed traps have been revealed.

Patent application suggests car service is thinking of becoming a travel agent.