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Auckland commuters miss out in transport spend

For the Aucklanders stuck in rush-hour traffic wondering what's in the Budget for them, the answer is not a lot.

Roading works zooming ahead

Motorists will be pleased to know more than 58 per cent of roadworks on the nation's highways are finished early.

Time to reassess phones in cars

Transport authorities are re-thinking whether it's alright to use mobile phones in cars.

Barney Irvine: Looming congestion catastrophe can't be ignored

COMMENT: Aucklanders desperately want new tools that will help to lift the performance of the existing network, and it's time for a much bolder approach to delivering them, writes Barney Irvine.

CBD-Panmure tunnel to bypass gridlock

Auckland urgently needs to revise its transport priorities and should build a giant tunnel from the CBD to Panmure, says an infrastructure lobby group.

'Abandoning Auckland only way out'

Auckland transport officials are being told to front up and tackle the dire congestion which is driving people out of their own city.

Andrew Scoggins: Warkworth road jam a complex project

COMMENT: There is no doubt the road layout in and around Hill St at Warkworth is one of the most challenging and frustrating journeys anywhere in the region.

Tolerance on speed limit causes confusion

In general, the speed limit for cars on main rural roads and motorways is 100km/h, and 50km/h on urban roads, unless signs say otherwise.

Barry Soper: Clogged highways costing lives and money

Is it too much to ask for rail to be marketed as a cheaper, viable alternative to road, writes Barry Soper. It would save the taxpayer and the custodians of our hospitals a mint.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Give us a bus and we will ride

Auckland commuters lose 20 working days a year sitting in jams, according to the annual Tomtom survey released this week.

Easter traffic slower than normal

Day-trippers heading out of Auckland should expect a slower than normal journey.

Revealed: NZ's worst traffic spots

For one hour every morning, Wellington is one of the worst cities in the world to be stuck in traffic.

Editorial: Campervan slogans stain on landscape

EDITORIAL: Witty messages on the back of a vehicle can be amusing, however not those displayed on the campervan company Wicked Campers.

Watch: Bus, bus, bus ... and no seats

Every available bus in Auckland is being used to ease the high demand of March, but people are still begging to be let on at stops.

Victoria Carter: Car-share would get city moving

COMMENT: If you live in the city, maybe it's time to work out the real cost of owning your car and see whether it makes sense (and dollars) to live without a car.

Editorial: City in for headaches on traffic front

Auckland has been no exception, but now the central city is entering years of greater upheaval than it has probably previously endured.