It's that time of year again when traffic in Auckland turns into post-holiday hell.
Traffic cams at Auckland Transport control centre as the city is hit by a bus strike. Photo: RNZ / Mohamed Hassan
It's dubbed March Madness - traffic on the motorways increases and the number of people catching public transport goes up by 30 percent.
This time last year there were more than a thousand complaints about the lack of buses and trains to cope with the rush of people going back to work, school and university.
As Sally Murphy reports Auckland Transport is putting on more services to meet demand including 56 more city bound bus trips every morning...
