Auckland is expected to suffer traffic congestion today due to a company lockout of bus drivers. Check here for live updates of the traffic.
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07:20 am - North Shore bus stations and park and rides are quieter than normal, perhaps people have decided to stay home.
07:45 am - Reporter Rebecca Wright has headed out west and is reporting no traffic problems.
08:00 am - The worst traffic seems to be on the North Shore as cars back up over the Northern motorway.
08:20 am - Samantha Blanchard from RadioLIVE reports that the rail network is busier than usual - Britomart is fairly crowded today.
08:25 am - The Southern Motorway is backed up past Sylvia Park.
08:50 am - Auckland Regional Council says it may impose a financial penalty on NZ Bus for withdrawing services.
Chairman Mike Lee said it would look to penalise the company for the disruption to the ratepayers because of the subsidies paid to the bus company.
He said on Radio New Zealand today NZ Bus was paid $150,000 a day in subsidies and there had to be "some payback for the disruption they are deliberately calling.
"There is a whole bunch of public money going into that bus company and I imagine it is just a matter of stopping for those days for which services are not provided," Mr Lee said.
09:25 am - Check back this afternoon for rush hour traffic updates.
20:30 pm - The Employment Relations Authority has ordered locked out Auckland bus drivers and their employer, NZ Bus, into facilitation tomorrow morning.
Union officials will attend on behalf of the drivers, who will be rallying at the city bus depot on Halsey St.