
Parking in Auckland set for shake-up
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.
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.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown's latest attempt to make an early start to the $2.86 billion City Rail Link in 2016 has been dismissed by the Transport Minister.
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 bill for fixing up struggling KiwiRail has topped the $1 billion mark, with more than half of that coming from the partial sale of state-owned power companies.
Auckland motorways have been paved with gold in the Budget, while not an extra cent has gone to public transport.
Many have suspected it for years, but now research has proved that driving with your other half sends your stress levels soaring.
Cyclists say major urban routes around Auckland should be the focus for the council to improve its "dangerous and inadequate" cycling infrastructure.
So many of our commercial buildings do not have street numbers that are visible. This is so frustrating in wasting time, causing more traffic jams, increased fuel consumption and pollution.
Taxis in Wellington are the fourth most expensive in the world and Auckland cabs are 10th most expensive, a study says.
Inner-city suburbs out of your reach? Maybe not. A new data-crunching tool helps renters to look at how affordable their living situation is when transport cost is factored in.
Two Cook Strait ferry captains have been stood down amid allegations of three serious incidents on the Interislander crossing, KiwiRail has confirmed.
If only "skinny" Auckland could fatten up, NZ would be much better off, writes Bernard Hickey. I'm talking about Auckland's population and how it organises itself.