![Ask Phoebe: Science, not a whim, informs ramp signals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ask Phoebe: Science, not a whim, informs ramp signals
As well as public concern with the phasing of the street traffic lights I think there is a similar issue with the motorway on-ramp signals.
As well as public concern with the phasing of the street traffic lights I think there is a similar issue with the motorway on-ramp signals.
Memorials for two 12-year-old girls killed in a crash at Rakaia at the weekend have been inundated with well-wishes and messages of love and support.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown supports a $1 hourly fee rise for central city parking, which he wants his council's transport arm to line up against a region-wide parking strategy.
Auckland remains one of the world's most traffic-clogged cities, although it is not as bad as it was a year ago.
Memorials have been set up at schools attended by two 12-year-olds killed in a horrific road crash, with school friends leaving flowers and messages for the girls.
A Dutch tourist has been remanded on bail after an appearance in Christchurch District Court this morning over the deaths of three people in a car smash at the weekend.
The family of a girl killed in a crash with two other people say the tourist accused of causing the carnage is as much a victim as those who died.
I commute on a bus from the North Shore to the city, which travels along the Fanshawe St bus lan, writes a reader.
Aucklanders are making the shift from driving to work to taking public transport.
Iskra Lewis says she is typical of Auckland's southern commuter line users. She cannot afford to pay for parking in the CBD but needs her car to get to the railway station.
With a million more people to cram in, Auckland Transport is looking at radical measures to help cut commuter traffic. And it could mean parking meter pain.
Could you tell me the state of play with regard to the four-laning of SH1 to Cambridge?
Auckland Council is suggesting a comprehensive shake up for parking in the city, which could mean higher costs to park your car and fewer places you can.
A major shift is underway on America's roadways. Driving strangers once paid terribly but can now bag an UberX driver more than $90K a year.
Motorists should brace themselves for petrol rising another three cents per litre, while drivers of light vehicles run on diesel will face about a 10 per cent rise.
"Would you be so kind as to find out from NZTA what the percentage sign refers to on some of their steep hill gradient signs?", writes a reader.
A report for Auckland Council has cast doubt on the targets set by the Government to make an early start on the $2.86 billion city rail link.
Properties worth $35 million have been bought to secure the route for Auckland's proposed $2.86 billion City Rail Link.
A woman has been spotted breastfeeding an unrestrained baby in a moving car, just one day after another unrestrained infant died from injuries suffered in a crash.
Motorists with newer, safer cars may see their annual licence costs slashed by as much as $163 a year.
The death of an unrestrained 12-week-old baby girl who was thrown from her mother's lap in a crash could've been avoided by a carseat - found in the car's boot.
The modern approach to road safety is about creating safer drivers, safer roads, safer speeds and safer vehicles, writes Mike Noon. We have to improve in all of these areas, not just one.
A baby who was unrestrained on his mother’s lap when the car they were travelling in hit a bank yesterday has died.
An unrestrained baby sitting on its mother's lap was thrown into the back of the car and is now fighting for its life.
The average number of monthly tickets for drivers using their phones has almost doubled since 2010, when the law was changed to make it illegal.
The driver pictured here was travelling on a motorway, with one hand cupping a phone to his ear and the other holding a cigarette.