It's not revolutionary, writes Brian Rudman, but my solution post-weekend traffic hell is cheap and quick. Just clean up faster after a major crash and get us moving again.

Police have yet to get the message. The gridlock suffered in Auckland last Saturday is simply unacceptable.

ANZ's heavy traffic index fell 2.9 per cent last month, seasonally adjusted, reversing most of its gains over September and October.

The Auckland Council has voted to put back a start on the City Rail Link, after a 2015 start was considered too much of a stretch by the Auditor-General.

The problem-riddled Interislander ferry Arahura will be retired from service and replaced next year, it has been announced.

Auckland shouldn't throw money at projects that are just about providing a little bit of extra capacity at peak times but sit under-used the rest of the day, writes Matt Lowrie.

Taxi-hailing service Uber has been banned in Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger.

What has happened to the all the eels at Western Springs? There are still some ugly catfish but no friendly eels for the kids and me to feed, writes a reader.

Rules are having to be changed so walkers can use Auckland's new Spaghetti Junction-Grafton Gully flagship cycleway.

Last Saturday's traffic ordeal highlighted Auckland's vulnerability to complete and protracted gridlock, writes Chris de Freitas. A single crash can bring the core of the city's transport network to its knees.

Troubled Malaysia Airlines has picked the head of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingusas its future chief executive as the airline recovers from two disasters this year.

The state-owned enterprise has been trialling two vehicles and an electronic bike on selected Auckland routes as it considers overhauling home delivery practices.

Simon Bridges dropped into Team BMW in Newmarket recently for the launch of its new ibrand electric car.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown's favourite transport project - the $2.4 billion underground City Rail Link - is being shunted back two years.

It couldn't be better timing for Kiwis as standard-grade petrol nudges below $2 a litre for the first time in two and a half years.

Motorists bound for the airport will need to plan for delays as Auckland's Southwestern Motorway will be closed for works.

Driving the business from the board table is giving NZ Bus executive Shane McMahon a different perspective on his day job.

The Herald has had an overwhelming response from readers since revealing the plan to ban all vehicles from Mt Eden's summit.

As we live near Cornwall Park, we were looking forward to the opening of the new cafeteria being built near the band rotunda off the Greenlane Rd entrance.

Hundreds of new homes will be developed on Housing Corporation land in some Auckland suburbs, including Avondale, New Lynn and South Auckland.

Alexandra Park's chief executive Dominique Dowding said apartments would be for sale from February and she predicted occupation of the Green Lane West Rd places by the end of 2016.

New laws around driver licences come into force today, tightening the rules around gaining a licence.

Cash-hungry Auckland Council leaders are eyeing a proposal to replace the complex Dominion Rd interchange with traffic lights to free valuable land for housing and commercial development.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is locking future ratepayers into paying at least $90 million a year for operational costs once trains begin using the City Rail Link some time from 2021.

Six coffins carrying the remains of victims of downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 have been flown from Ukraine to the Netherlands for identification.

Racially charged protests in Ferguson are fuelling an exponential increase in gun sales among mainly white customers at one of the premier shooting ranges in the United States.

Motorists driving anywhere over the posted speed limit could land themselves a fine, as police do away with the notion of a "speed tolerance" for the summer period

The Auckland Council is at odds over how to implement hefty rates increases and plans for motorway tolls.