Aucklanders stuck in traffic on their way back to work today may be surprised to learn their city has one of New Zealand's lowest vehicle ownership rates.

Jason Braid, of Mainfreight USA, apologises in advance to any Americans he might offend.

Police are urging motorists to drive to the conditions after a fatality-free start to Queen's Birthday Weekend.

At 14 metres in diameter, the twin tunnels of the Waterview Connection will be the biggest in Australasia.

A new motorway will burrow quietly beneath the Auckland isthmus, not even emitting a gentle hum to tell those above of its existence.

NZ Herald readers suggest ways to improve Auckland's much criticised bus system, such as integrated ticketing and improved bus shelters. Brian Rudman looks at the options.

Better prices may be in store for Auckland public transport users despite fare rises targeted at students and buyers of multiple-trip tickets.

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.

When it comes to transport in Auckland the stakeholders are as many and varied as are the differing and divergent views.

There is an abundance of traffic lights in the New Lynn/Glen Eden areas.

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.

A number of buses remain out of action after failing police safety checks, forcing 24 services to be cancelled this morning.

Auckland Transport remains confident of rolling out its controversial Hop smartcard to bus fleets in the second half of this year despite limited extra funds being voted by councillors.