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Transport cash fares to increase

Casual fares are to rise on Auckland buses and trains by up to 17.6 per cent as the city's public transport agency tries to steer more passengers to its $100 million cashless electronic smart card.

Mega-mole Alice reaches halfway

The giant tunnel boring machine Alice has reached halfway on the first leg of her long journey underground at Auckland's Waterview Connection project.

Price war likely to speed up car switch

Electric cars are on the brink of a price war, as more new models become available and secondhand Japanese imports sell for as little as $25,000.

Ask Phoebe: Drinking rainwater carries risks in city

A recent Element magazine article said only rural areas can use rainwater for drinking and that city councils won't allow it.

Ask Phoebe: It's quite clear - dealers get single number plate

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?

Driving skills sharpened up

Fifty youngsters took to the track at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in Waikato to test-drive a road-safety course which aims to teach vital skills.

Commuters urged to switch to carpooling

Motorists wanting to save up to $10 a day - and enjoy the benefits of scooting down a transit lane - are being advised to find a carpooling mate.

Battle over commuters' city parking

Residents' groups ringing central Auckland are ganging up on the city's transport authority to banish commuter parking from their streets.

Ask Phoebe: Waikato Expressway due to be completed by 2019

Could you tell me the state of play with regard to the four-laning of SH1 to Cambridge?

Aucklanders face rising parking costs

Auckland Council is suggesting a comprehensive shake up for parking in the city, which could mean higher costs to park your car and fewer places you can.

Petrol prices: How you'll travel

Motorists should brace themselves for petrol rising another three cents per litre, while drivers of light vehicles run on diesel will face about a 10 per cent rise.

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.

Tech firm cuts truckies' fuel bills

Entrants in the annual EECA Awards being presented tomorrow can claim credit for energy savings equivalent to the annual power use of two Hamilton-sized cities.

Doubts over city rail link's early start

A report for Auckland Council has cast doubt on the targets set by the Government to make an early start on the $2.86 billion city rail link.

NZ praised at global forum for road toll

New Zealand has been praised at a global forum for slashing its road toll last year, after the ignomy of edging up an international hit parade of carnage in 2012.

Police dismayed by unrestrained babies

A day after a baby died from her injuries after being thrown from her mother's lap in a crash, a woman was seen breast-feeding her child in the front seat of a moving vehicle.