Uber has launched a new ride-sharing system catering to commuters who drive into work.

Motorists say lack of information about closed roads around Taranaki added more than six hours to their journey.

A large slip has blocked SH3 in North Taranaki, flooding and slips have closed roads in Wellington and hampered the capital's World War I centenary events.

A judge has labelled an Arrowtown road rage incident as an "appalling piece of behaviour" while a couple was assaulted while their kids were in the car.

State Highway 6 between Punakaiki and Fox River reopened today following a mammoth clean-up operation.

COMMENT: Don't blame the on-ramp lights for traffic delays, blame the still-increasing amount of drivers on the road network.

A revised plan to retain vehicle access on Victoria St has jumped its first hurdle, in spite of a petition pushing to make the area car-free.

It's a narrow street with a steep pitch but the hairpin corner keeps catching out unwitting drivers.

Tauranga motorcyclist Rhys Middleton was killed by an overseas driver. Now his mother is campaigning for a change in the law allowing visitors to drive in NZ.

A Chinese woman jailed for killing a motorcyclist is appealing her sentence.

Auckland's new $1.4 billion twin-tunnel Waterview Connection will open early next year.

Each week there are 33,570 fewer cars on the roads during the morning rush hour thanks to carpooling, public transport and extra walking and cycling options.

King Kapisi said drivers who flee police are putting their lives at risk for a 'cheap thrill'.

Bad weather cancels ferries.

Hundreds of fraudulent driver's licences may have been issued to New Zealand motorists.

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

COMMENT: I can't find a Trip Advisor feedback that says: "The highway names are dreadfully dull."

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says road tolling could be done by GPS satellite, as opposed to toll gantries or cameras.

Traffic is flowing on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway after a crash earlier today caused delays.

Motorists will be pleased to know more than 58 per cent of roadworks on the nation's highways are finished early.

Transport authorities are re-thinking whether it's alright to use mobile phones in cars.

COMMENT: Aucklanders desperately want new tools that will help to lift the performance of the existing network, and it's time for a much bolder approach to delivering them, writes Barney Irvine.

COMMENT: If there is one part of Auckland that embodies everything wrong with the Council, the SH1 intersection with Hill St at Warkworth would be it.

Popular Auckland road famous for its Christmas lights set to become more user-friendly for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.

Scooters and motorbikes are not allowed in bike lanes or shared paths like those in Tamaki Drive (or in Advanced Stop Boxes, for that matter).

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.

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.

Over-zealous expansion of Auckland City could lead to future food shortages, writes Paul Charman.