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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: What is really behind Auckland's endless traffic woes?
Description: Every year, in the lead-up to March, the traffic grinds to halt as motorways in Auckland back up with bumper-to-bumper cars.  The media has dubbed this annual occurrence March Madness to reflect the frustration of every commuter trying to get to work. After two years of Covid-19 disruptions, this problem is well and truly back – and it hasn’t been helped by massive disruptions across our public transport network. So why does the traffic get progressively worse around this period? What can be done to alleviate this problem? And is public transport really the answ...