Wrong-way crash driver 'not fully alert'
Families of older drivers have been urged to look for danger signs, after a coroner found an elderly man who died in a crash had already been told to stop driving.
Families of older drivers have been urged to look for danger signs, after a coroner found an elderly man who died in a crash had already been told to stop driving.
South Auckland train passengers face evening travel curfews unless they want to catch replacement buses, as KiwiRail plays catch-up on its delayed electrification project.
In Auckland, nearly 200 injury accidents were caused by driver distraction each year.
Auckland Transport has been accused of targeting students with public transport fare rises that will also affect thousands of Hop and multi-trip ticket buyers.
Struggling KiwiRail may soak up almost $600 million - or a tenth of the cash raised from partially privatising state-owned power companies, Budget documents reveal.
The head of Auckland Transport has come out swinging against the public transport system he runs saying trains and buses are late, infrequent and overcrowded.
When it comes to transport in Auckland the stakeholders are as many and varied as are the differing and divergent views.
It's bad enough being sat inside a stuffy, often crowded, opaque-windowed tube, when you know the way home, as it were, blind-folded, writes Brian Rudman.
Auckland's $500 million rail electrification project faces a six-month delay but KiwiRail vows it will still be ready for the first electric trains to start running in April.
A Queenstown policeman says more tourists seem to be driving poorly and coming to the attention of police.
Dunedin's central city parking is in for a shake-up as part of a push to improve cycle safety on the city's one-way streets.
Police are claiming crime-fighting and road safety wins from computerised camera technology that worries civil liberties lawyers.
Twelve months ago I asked the question, "When were NZTA going to put reflectors on the moveable median barrier of the Auckland Harbour Bridge".
A crime-fighting device capable of detecting dodgy drivers, unsafe vehicles and criminals is being trialled by police on Dunedin streets.
I regularly walk down Franklin Rd in Ponsonby and it is a lovely street. However, the condition of the footpath is dire, to say the least.
Auckland Transport expects more than 300 properties to be affected by a mega roading plan parallel to the Southern Motorway at Manukau.
A lack of taxis in some parts of Christchurch is causing major problems for evening revellers trying to get home safely.
The owner of a Lamborghini Gallardo has apologised for parking in a mobility space after he was publicly shamed on the internet.
Auckland's largest bus operator is promising passengers smoother rides from "black boxes" to monitor drivers' performance.
Police cars, delivery trucks and a Lamborghini owner who "didn't want to get a scratch" are among those being publicly shamed for parking in mobility spaces.
Forget about Auckland being atomised in a fiery volcanic cataclysm. Armageddon is going to arrive in this town by car, writes Greg Dixon.
One of the many delights of working from home is that you don't have to wrestle with early-morning rush-hour traffic.
Beverley Potts feared the worst for her little grand-daughter while waiting in agony to be cut free of her wrecked car at a notorious South Auckland crossroad.
The car park at the Albany Bus Station with room for 1200 cars demonstrates the success of proper parking linked to an efficient bus service, writes Neil Binnie.
Auckland Transport will not disclose how much public money it took to run trains and buses to Pukekohe for fewer than 10,000 spectators of last month's V8 Supercars races.
What many were predicting would be a one-horse race for one of the biggest political prizes in the land, could at last come alive, writes Brian Rudman.