The Auckland Council is planning parking restrictions at library carparks to block all-day parking in the free spaces.

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.

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.

On some long/busy weekends, passing lanes used to be coned off, so that merging manoeuvres did not hold up queues of traffic.

Motorists who exceed their legal limit for demerit points are continuing to drive for several years before having their licences suspended.

Auckland Transport intends spending $200,000 on a super bikeshed at the Panmure railway station.

Petrol price is driving people to service stations that offer discounts or savings schemes - and more commuters are taking public transport.

NZ has enjoyed a record fall in the road toll but road safety campaigners say there’s plenty of room for improvement.

Motorists should fill up now if they want to beat the tax going up on petrol on 1 July, says the AA.

New Zealand's road toll has dropped by two thirds since 1990. The changes across the country are striking and raise the question; what are we doing right?

Critics have been demanding AT abandon its exclusive $122,000, shuttle trial, and that staff return to catching public buses and trains to suffer like the rest of us, writes Brian Rudman.

Auckland Transport mounts lively ad campaign, then undermines it by using shuttle vans to help staff get around instead of public transport.

Ticket inspectors on Auckland trains are to be armed with small CCTV cameras on their jackets to combat fare evasion and violence.

A Wellington peak-hour train leaving a station with its doors open and all its passenger staff left on the platform has prompted another reminder from the Government's transport watchdog.

A large rockfall near Mount Aspiring has closed State Highway 6 south of Makarora until at least midday tomorrow.

After 80 years of standing guard over the playing fields in Grey Lynn Park, an old gum tree came down in the recent storm.

Petrol prices are set to rise next week to their second highest level ever - thanks to a Government tax hike.

Len Brown's staff have been riding in special shuttles zipping around Auckland - apparently because it's faster than the public transport they provide to ratepayers.

TV3 owner MediaWorks Holdings is opposing Auckland Transport in the Environment Court over conditions for the $2.86 billion City Rail Link.

Historically distances between towns or cities were taken from post office to post office but with the closure of many of these the measurement becomes problematic.

Parents who drive while disqualified or without a licence are passing on the illegal habits to their children, a study has found.

Interislander management have refuted claims by NZ First leader Winston Peters that the ferry Aratere has blown an engine on its return voyage from Singapore.

An emergency closure of two lanes on the Northern Motorway is expected to cause traffic chaos in Auckland.

Tourists should be tested before being allowed to drive in New Zealand, says motorsport legend Greg Murphy.

A 14-year-old was forced to walk home in a storm after his Hop card was blocked - but his father insists it had more than $20 credit on it.

Cyclists are excited about accelerated planning for a bikeway over the route of Auckland's abandoned Eastern Highway project, from Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive.