Auckland cyclists will soon be pedalling high above traffic-snarled Spaghetti Junction on their own bridge.

The Grey District Council has refused to enter into a public debate about a plan to close a road near the Gloriavale Christian Community, as the issue heads to the Environment Court.

The Government remains sceptical about plans by Auckland Council to introduce a motorway toll or a fuel tax as a new congestion busting tool.

A small majority of Aucklanders support a big and expensive transport programme for the Super City, according to a new survey.

Auckland Council announced that revised plans for a Yachting New Zealand centre on Takapuna Beach reserve are supported by the majority of public submissions.

Plans for a high-performance sailing centre on a Takapuna Beach reserve in Auckland have drawn solid opposition from those trying to keep the site as a camping ground.

Opponents of a $470 million-plus highway through southern Auckland say engineers are ignoring potentially disastrous effects on a premier park.

Drivers don’t divert to alternative routes unless they can see the queue, even if they’ve already been warned of a blockage.

Traffic heading both north and south out of Auckland has slowed to a crawl in places, as holiday-makers head for their favourite Easter spots.

Provincial New Zealand wants to shake down the Government for some of the largesse offered to Northland with its byelection promise of new bridges galore.

Any business case prepared before the Waterview bypass is completed will have to rely on notoriously inaccurate modelling to predict its effect on the harbour bridge, writes Brian Rudman.

Moves to prevent crashes involving foreign drivers have been encouraging but need to go further, say two boys who lost their father in such an accident.

Utah couple Tammy and Richard Barnett were on “the trip of a lifetime to New Zealand” before yesterday’s fatal crash, family say.

Two new South Otago initiatives aim to help visiting international drivers negotiate New Zealand roads safely - and neither involves key-snatching.

The two plans Auckland Council presented as options for our transport system over the next 10 years are a false choice.

Auckland is awash with roadworks and one in 10 current projects is running behind schedule.

A French tourist who almost killed his wife has been ordered to pay almost $19,000 reparation to two of his victims before he can leave the country.

No amount of reading or reviewing prepares one for sliding into the seat behind the steering wheel and making that first leap into traffic, Theresa Philbrick writes.

WorkSafe and police are investigating a crash in which a woman on a motorbike was killed at a road works site.

A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a reversing vehicle at a road works site in Meremere this morning.

A spate of accidents involving tourist drivers this summer has led to several incidents in which South Island residents have stopped drivers and confiscated their keys.

The railway tunnel will serve only a very small fraction of Auckland's population and at a huge cost.

A $2 motorway toll in Auckland will largely go to widen roads, not build better public transport and cycleways, a debate on transport issues was told last night.

A woman caught driving drunk after she drove over a traffic island and mounted a kerb was allegedly more than six-and-a-half times over the breath alcohol limit.

The road zigs left, then right, like a river winding around the mountain. There's only a ruler length between you and the edge, Heather du Plessis-Allan writes.