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Mark Bracey: Make people, not cars, the priority
Roads are for everyone and road rules were made for all road users.
Safety main factor for motorway merging
Who is in the right when you are on the motorway in the left hand lane and traffic is joining from an on-ramp and coming into your lane?
Where are they now: Ewen Chatfield
During his playing days, Ewen Chatfield was known as the Naenae Express. These days, Chats still delivers but at a different pace.
Aratere - back, but hardly shipshape
The beleaguered Interislander ferry Aratere cancelled another sailing this morning - in what is only its second day back in service after a 3-month refurbishment.
No plain sailing for troubled Aratere
It returned to service yesterday after eight months - and the troubled ferry Aratere has had a sailing today cancelled.
Passenger: Bus firm left me in lurch
A bus passenger has accused the Nakedbus company of abandoning her when weather conditions terminated her bus route to the Bay of Islands.
2030: No drivers, no traffic jams
Hours stuck on our car-clogged city motorways could be just a memory by 2030, says a visiting Stanford University energy expert.
Ask Phoebe: How Auckland landmarks got their names
I moved to Clendon Park last year, and I'm struggling to find much information about its history.
Busway extension left out of $815m plan
Auckland's successful Northern Busway has been set back by a Government decision to exclude an extension to Albany from an $815 million package.
How budget hit crunch point
Auckland Mayor Len Brown hailed his first 10-year budget in 2012 as the foundation block to transform Auckland once and for all.
Car-free Quay St back on the agenda
A plan to change Quay St from a car-dominated road into a waterfront boulevard is back on the table with Auckland Council seeking expressions of interest from designers.
Shipping near-misses on our coast
Collisions, ill-timed power failures, near misses and fires are among more than 50 dodgy incidents involving ships around our coasts over the past year.
Road hogs must tighten belts
Mayor Len Brown has carefully avoided this moment the whole of his first term, but sometime over the next 12 months, he's going to have to stand up and be counted.
Aratere ferry finally back in action
For the first time in eight months the Interislander ferry Aratere will cross the Cook Strait.
Ask Phoebe: Smart meters are here - like it or not
Q: We have been advised by our power supplier that smart meters are being installed in our area. Can we opt out and keep our original meter?
Trespasser on tracks delays Auckland trains
A trespasser on the tracks near the Britomart Transport Centre in downtown Auckland delayed some services today, Auckland Transport says.
Tolls option as council wields axe
Aucklanders will be given clear choices, including tolls and congestion charges, to pay for big transport projects in a black budget being partly unveiled today.
Uber drivers face UK criminal case as cabbies try to block app
Local taxi drivers in London are trying to block the approval of Uber's app, which connects passengers with cars, by filing criminal proceedings against six Uber drivers.
Path clear for car park fee rises
Auckland Council yesterday granted its transport arm the power to raise prices at four inner city council-owned car parks.
Campervans in his DNA
Tim Alpe was climbing the ranks at Tourism Holdings Ltd when he and younger brother Dan came up with an idea to launch a backpacker-focused car rental business.
Ask Phoebe: Crashes drop after give-way rule change
It is now more than two years since the rule dealing with priorities at intersections was changed.
Plan to book library cheats
The Auckland Council is planning parking restrictions at library carparks to block all-day parking in the free spaces.
Tow-truck driver wins speedy acquittal
It took a jury just 20 minutes to acquit an Auckland tow-truck driver accused of taking an impounded car on an unauthorised high-speed spin.
Towie in dock over 113km/h 'joyride'
A tow-truck driver accused of taking an impounded car on a joyride at speeds of up to 113km/h was caught out by a GPS device, a court has heard.
Ask Phoebe: SH1 realignment had done away with need to close passing lanes
On some long/busy weekends, passing lanes used to be coned off, so that merging manoeuvres did not hold up queues of traffic.
1412 days to enforce driving ban
Motorists who exceed their legal limit for demerit points are continuing to drive for several years before having their licences suspended.
Cyclists ask for simple bikesheds
Auckland Transport intends spending $200,000 on a super bikeshed at the Panmure railway station.