Auckland's Southern Motorway has up to a dozen points too weak to support new, extra-heavy trucks already plying the roads.

As the focus turns from bridging the infrastructure deficit to building the 'nation for the future', there are gritty issues to be addressed, writes Stephen Selwood.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has given the go-ahead to a half-billion-dollar, 23km toll road east of Tauranga.

Freight matchmaking service is the sort of thing the internet might have been invented for.

The Green Party says Auckland's $2 billion Waterview connection won't solve the city's transport problems.

Motorists looking to register their vehicles are in for a shock from Thursday.

Selfish drivers with a "me first" attitude are the top frustration for Kiwi motorists, an AA Insurance survey finds. nzherald.co.nz readers respond.

Two cars belonging to one person have made almost 700 trips on the Northern Gateway motorway without paying the $2-a-trip toll - and the owner now faces fines of more than $26,000 if the fees are not paid.

Elderly people are searching out petrol stations that will fill their tanks for them as health and safety rules take the service out of service stations.

Up to 5000 trucks will be eligible to carry heavier loads on public highways from next month.

The days of rental car companies giving pamphlets to confused overseas visitors and crossing their fingers they'll cope with NZ's oddball right-hand rule look set to be over.

New Zealand's unique right-hand rule, a relic of an old Melbourne tram system and cause of 2560 crashes a year, is set to be scrapped.

Reducing the current legal blood alcohol limit will hurt the law-abiding majority without tackling repeat offenders, say lawyers.

The Govt's failure to immediately commit to lowering blood alcohol limits for adult drivers is "just not good enough", say advocacy organisations.

An investigation into vehicle power restrictions is something that this country has been crying out for.