Drivers may soon be able to use their mobile phones to ease frustrations caused by the apparent whims of traffic signals, if a research project by a Victoria University professor goes ahead.

The very public matter of a new public space to replace the privatised Queen Elizabeth Square came up at a public meeting yesterday - and referred to a secret workshop.

A four car pile up on the southern motorway could cause headaches for commuters this morning.

A small crowd of about 50 people have turned out at a public meeting in Auckland tonight to discuss looming rates increases.

Dramatic house price growth is burdening Kiwi households with debt and putting the nation's financial stability at risk, the OECD warns.

Q&A with Oscar Ellison, founder of YourDrive, a peer-to-peer vehicle renting business in Auckland.

Education and bus company officials will meet in Auckland today after a police investigation into an incident in which children jumped off a moving school bus that wouldn't stop.

Battery explosion on board an Auckland bus left a driver with facial injuries and shocked passengers.

Custodians of bush and recreational areas near Auckland's Northcote Pt fear environmental degradation from a walking and cycling path across the harbour bridge.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says he sees little reason to release the accident reports involving self-driving cars.

Protesters carrying a coffin rode a morning commuter train from Waitakere to Auckland today to protest planned cuts to public transport services.

Mobility scooters and prams may get to use a shared cycling and walking path across Auckland Harbour Bridge, but not scooters or skateboarders.

Auckland's proposed harbour bridge Skypath has been portrayed to a planning hearing as a critical missing link in the city's cycling and walking network

Campaigners want Auckland Transport to grant rail services from Swanson to Waitakere a stay of execution.

Plans for traffic-slowing platforms on Northcote Point's main street have irked Health Minister Jonathan Coleman, although most parking spaces previously threatened by a bikeway scheme will be....

When Rob Hekes best mates find out he's "New Zealand's safest driver" they're going to rib him.

More buses are promised for tomorrow night's U-20 World Cup football match on Auckland's North Shore after complaints about traffic jams marring Saturday's opener.

Uber's chief strategist has told Transport Minister Simon Bridges that NZ's approach to framing rules concerning the taxi-booking service will be watched around the world.

The opening match of the under-20 Football World Cup has not run smoothly for some, with public transport issues causing problems for fans.

One of Fuller’s Waiheke ferries broke down this morning and was forced to turn around and return to Auckland.

The Big Read: The Waterview Connection is the biggest and most complex roading scheme in NZ. Steve Braunias puts on sensible shoes to see history in the making.

Driverless cars could soon be commonplace on our roads - but officials are still grappling with issues including who is liable if a car crashes with nobody behind the wheel.

Last night was chilly. MetService said it was probably the coldest night of the year for the country because a cold air mass followed a clear night.

Holidaymakers hoping to avoid a right royal pain on the roads this Queen's Birthday weekend are urged to plan ahead and watch out for black ice.

Auckland Transport, which dished out more than $10 million in parking fines last year, wants the Government to let it come down more heavily on non-compliant motorists.

Motorists are being warned to take care this Queen's Birthday weekend as holiday-makers hit the roads, winter draws in and 'Gypsy Day' stock moving takes place.

Auckland Transport believes parking fines are no longer effective and calls for an increase to deter offenders.