Editing Traffic congestion (section)

===New Zealand===
[[File:Auckland traffic - copyright-free photo released to public domain.jpg|thumb|Busy traffic in [[Auckland]], New Zealand]]
New Zealand has followed strongly car-oriented transport policies since after World War II (especially in [[Auckland]], where one third of the country's population lives, is New Zealand's most traffic congested city, and has been labeled worse than New York for traffic congestion with commuters sitting in traffic congestion for 95 hours per year),<ref name="GRIFF">{{Cite journal |url=http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp/urp_publications/Issues_Papers/URP_IP5_MeesDodsonAucklandTransport_April2006.pdf |title=Backtracking Auckland: Bureaucratic rationality and public preferences in transport planning |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413213710/http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp/urp_publications/Issues_Papers/URP_IP5_MeesDodsonAucklandTransport_April2006.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2008 |last1=Mees |first1=Paul |last2=Dodson |first2=Jago |journal=Urban Research Program Issues Paper 5 |publisher=[[Griffith University]] |date=April 2006}}</ref> and currently has one of the highest car-ownership rates per capita in the world, after the United States.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealandInBrief/Society/8/en |title=Modern Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324141426/http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealandInBrief/Society/8/en |archive-date=March 24, 2008 |encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=April 25, 2008}}</ref> Traffic congestion in New Zealand is increasing with drivers on New Zealand's motorways reported to be struggling to exceed 20&nbsp;km/h on an average commute, sometimes crawling along at 8&nbsp;km/h for more than half an hour.