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Tore Tysbo: Auckland's commander-in-chief is a car
There is much about the traffic in Auckland that amazes me, writes Tore Tysbo. The traffic itself is brutish.
There is much about the traffic in Auckland that amazes me, writes Tore Tysbo. The traffic itself is brutish.
Auckland business leaders are sounding dire warnings about the Super City's future if citizens shun road tolls or higher rates and taxes to fund major transport improvements.
Editorial: The traffic jams that snagged Auckland roads on two nights late last week could hardly have been more timely for the Consensus Building Group, which is advising the Auckland Council on transport funding.
Unfortunately, the plan comes with a shortfall of $10 billion to $15 billion in guaranteed sources of future public funding, writes Brian Rudman.
Aucklanders face heftier transport costs under either funding option put forward by an advisory group to Mayor Len Brown, but road charges are picked to provide better payback.
It's not obvious to Rodney Hide that a heavy train having to stop and start and be confined to tracks is the best way to ferry people around Auckland.
Aucklanders face paying to drive on city roads unless they are prepared to swallow hefty rates or fuel tax rises.
Gridlocked rush-hour traffic is backing up on Auckland's southern motorway following a crash this afternoon that left one person dead.
There are fears Dunedin could lose out to Auckland as a result of proposed changes to the way the New Zealand Transport Agency allocates funding for roading projects.
The New Zealand Transport Agency plans to phase in a 12-month warrant of fitness from October, nine months earlier than originally planned.
Motorists are paying more money to park in downtown Auckland under a new scheme which allows them to stay longer - if they are prepared to pay extra.
At the end of Hugo Johnson Drive, just about opposite the old Southdown Freezing Works site and the co-gen facility, there is an odd little "park".
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has been a key player in withdrawing - and reinstating - funding for the two historic trams in Wynyard Quarter, official papers show.
Auckland Transport is taking a "simplified" fares system for buses and trains back to the drawing board after public concern that it favoured the North Shore over other areas.
Rail commuters are facing major delays in Auckland this morning after two separate signal failures.
Darrell Preston would rather hobble 5km a day on a bad knee than take his chances with the new train ticketing machines.
It's taken 10 years, but finally the penny has dropped in the dark recesses of Auckland Transport's brain box, writes Brian Rudman.
Schoolkids are causing chaos on peak time Auckland buses, although officials say nothing can be done because refusing to take them would infringe students' rights.
The Waioeka Gorge between Opotiki and Gisborne has been officially reopened to traffic.
New Zealand's biggest civil engineering, roading and resources business has denied a report it is being put up for sale.
The blood-alcohol limit for drivers should be lowered to prevent more unnecessary road deaths, says one of New Zealand's most experienced police officers.
A partially-sighted Tauranga woman was reduced to pushing aside her fringe to reveal an empty eye socket before a bus driver agreed to issue her a concession fare.
Maori and Pacific Island children are more likely to be injured in a crash on Auckland roads than anyone else, research reveals.
The world's first airline to charge passengers by weight - rather than a normal fare structure - says the policy helps raise obesity awareness and improve public health.