Police have released the name of the cyclist killed in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Stanley St and Parnell Rise, Auckland yesterday afternoon.

Bystanders were powerless to save a cyclist at one of Auckland's busiest intersections as police reveal the truckie had a green light and was unaware he'd hit the rider.

A truck driver did not know a cyclist had gone under the wheels of his truck until he was alerted by other motorists some 70 metres away, police say.

Dozens of disgruntled commuters are complaining to Auckland Transport each week about its troubled transition to a city-wide integrated ticketing system.

A summer crackdown on speeding which will lead to fines for drivers travelling more than 4km/h above the legal limit is strongly supported by the public.

Wet weather, a serious crash and the post-Christmas rush combined to bring bumper-to-bumper congestion on long sections of highways.

Motorists are being warned to take care on slippery roads today and leave plenty of time to get to destinations.

The busy period on the roads for holiday travellers in and out of Auckland is expected to start today, with 5,000 to 8,000 more vehicles on the road daily.

A $19 million project to widen 2km of Auckland's Northern Motorway has been launched today, with construction set to begin next year.

Changes will give riders and pedestrians more dedicated space, writes Phoebe Falconer.

Distinctive new road markings are being rolled out in an attempt to prevent cycling deaths - and video cameras will be watching how people react to them.

Transport Agency says it may address SH16 signs when Western Ring Route is finally finished.

Drivers who crash on open roads during the Christmas and New Year holidays are more likely to be injured than at other times of the year.

One of New Zealand's pre-eminent writers has filed a court application to stop the taking of her ancestral land for a national expressway.

Disgruntled taxi drivers have begun a hunger strike and rally at Auckland International Airport today.

There will be changes on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway today that will impact drivers heading east towards the city.

Think you're good at judging your own sobriety before you drive? Think again. A new NZ study finds drivers are extremely poor judges of their own sobriety.

All speed cameras across the country have been recalibrated with the new 4km/h speed tolerance as part of the police push to reduce summer road deaths.

A mother who was driving in a high-occupancy vehicle lane with her two young children was shocked to get a $150 infringement notice.

Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.

Northland's road death toll has climbed to 20 after a crash claimed another life.

Police will this summer enforce the 4km/h speed ticket threshold for 62 days in a row - a move that could spell the end of the 10km/h speed tolerance.

Angry taxi drivers will consider blocking access to Auckland Airport and inner city streets if their demands are not met by airport executives today.

An enormous amount of work is going on at the foreshore near Onehunga, and I have read little about it.

The Govt has approved a fast-track consenting process for a $760m Auckland motorway that has yet to be given a start date.

Auckland Transport is acting like an Indonesian execution squad, refusing to give victims any prior warning of their appointed date with destiny, writes Brian Rudman.