COMMENT: My family is the sort of family the Auckland Council loves.

Travel times on Auckland motorways at morning and afternoon peaks between 2012 and 2016. Source: New Zealand Transport Agency.

Allowing children up to the age of 12 to cycle on footpaths has merit, the NZTA says.

COMMENT: Auckland is in gridlock; if Chinese want to help fix it, we'd be mad to say no.

Flooding has begun and Queensland residents are scrambling for sandbags.

A boy with cancer can't get to school because of a severe shortage of disability taxis.

If you picked up a book left behind in Auckland, chances are it came from Emma Watson.

The Waterview Connection project in Auckland might not open until winter starts.

Auckland Transport says record numbers used public transport to get to Mt Smart Stadium.

Auckland's congestion is now worse than Hong Kong.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says a harbourside facility is a likely better choice than rebuilding Eden Park.

More than 2000 passengers will use it during morning peak, mostly university students.

Pukekohe rail and Gulf Harbour ferry commuters will be taking buses today.

Gareth Morgan's The Opportunities Party would ban subsidies on fossil fuels, increase the price of carbon and overhaul energy efficiency efforts under a climate change policy launched this evening.

It may take Auckland rail commuters a bit longer to get home tonight.

Train passengers can expect delays across Auckland's rail network.

Aucklanders are bracing for March madness, an annual clogging of the city's roads and transport network as university students return.

Bus replacements to Hobsonville and Beach Haven have been established, Auckland Transport tweeted.

Charges set to double in parts of Tauranga city centre to encourage more bus use

Transport-users lobby group proposes new train service from south to west.

Valerie will soon begin the next stretch of the journey towards Wellesley St.

A Queenstown consortium has bought historic steam train.

As traffic nears its annual peak, Auckland Transport adds buses and trains.

Advance voting kicks off in the Mt Albert by-election today, but one of the main candidates is worried no one will turn up.

A small fire near the railway line between Parnell and Newmarket brought some Auckland trains a halt and caused delays for commuters

Train lines between Onehunga and Penrose, in Auckland, have been suspended because of a fault and people are being warned of delays.

Hundreds of people are queuing for ferries to Waiheke Island today - but no extra ferries are being laid on.

A bus service which cost ratepayers just over $50,000 and ran up to 11 times a day had no passengers on most trips.

New figures from all 280 bus services around Auckland show the percentage of time each service arrives within five minutes of its scheduled arrival.

A trial for a 15-seat autonomous shuttle is about to start at Christchurch Airport.