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Aucklanders pick tolls over tax rise

Motorway tolls are gaining far more support from Aucklanders than lifting rates and fuel taxes to fill a $12 billion transport funding gap over 30 years.

City's airport taxi fare gap up to $60

Aprice gap of up to $60 has emerged between taxi companies travelling from Auckland Airport to the city.

Auckland motorway congested after crash

Mt Eden sightseers locked in

Sunset-chasers and their cars have been locked in Auckland's Mt Eden Domain again - despite a council apology last month to people stranded there by an earlier closing time.

Mark Bracey: Pohutukawa plight could be a roading turning point

No city in the world has managed to pave its way out of congestion. Auckland will not be the first to succeed but it may be the last to try, writes Mark Bracey.

'Trigger-happy' oil companies under fire

Motorists have been hammered by three days of petrol price rises in the lead-up to the long weekend, prompting criticism by the AA of "trigger-happy" oil companies.

Mobility scooters intended for footpath

Can you tell me if mobility scooters are permitted to drive on the roads like cars?

Driver's warning after parking battle

A man who refused to pay a $65 "breach" notice from a parking site operator says motorists, who are receiving them for being as little as five minutes over, should fight too.

Traffic fine defaulter owes $37,523

Almost $9 million in parking and traffic fines has gone unpaid in Auckland in the past year, and the worst offender owes nearly $38k.

City reaps $100m in vehicle fines

Motorists have forked out more than $100 million in parking and vehicle fines from Auckland Transport over four years - and owe plenty more.

Top cop: 'We should have been clearer'

Police Commissioner Mike Bush has admitted there was some confusion around police’s summer road safety campaign.

Taxi driver three times over limit

A taxi driver is out of a job after allegedly being found more than three times over the new drink driving limit.

Minister backs down on speed campaign

The Police Minister has defended his decision not to intervene in the police’s summer road safety campaign despite concerns it could be confusing and misleading.

Editorial: Uber's okay, but it must play by rules

It is not difficult to see the potential attraction of Uber in a city with among the most expensive taxis in the world. Yet, as in many other cities, the ride is proving far from smooth.

Police Minister orders speed-blitz inquiry

The Police Minister has admitted he had concerns over the summer speed enforcement message before it went public, saying it was confusing and ambiguous.

Fear of ban gets drivers to pay fines

Only one person has been banned from driving under a punitive new regime for motorists who refuse to pay their speeding fines.

Call for calm after latest tourist crash

Tourism leaders are appealing for Kiwis not to come down too hard on overseas drivers as police investigate a crash which has left two French visitors seriously injured.

Traffic builds at holiday hot spots

Motorists face slow journeys today as the country's busiest roads swell with holidaymakers returning from their summer breaks.