A woman who passed away eight years ago has been sent a letter telling her she needs an AT Hop card, upsetting her pensioner son.

Auckland Transport has come under fire for its convoluted process for senior citizens to get free travel loaded on to their Hop cards.

COMMENT: Sometimes it really is embarrassing to be a baby-boomer.

Attacks by vandals on bus stops have cost Auckland bodies almost $2.5 million in the last three years, but only a handful have been punished.

Ratepayers are likely to be hit with a multi-million dollar bill following an order from AT that all buses have to be painted the same colour.

An agreement has been reached between a group of Auckland bus drivers and their bosses.

John Key announces his policy that will require councils to open up new land to housing and a street has been cordoned off in South Auckland after the death of a child in a property there.

COMMENT: As an older woman, my conversations with cab drivers are more likely to be related to the weather, politics and the All Blacks.

Cardholders were told this week that from July 1 they will need to buy a new gold version of Auckland Transport's card for $10 and put a minimum of $5 credit on it.

One man thinks he's found the solution to a dreaded pinchpoint for traffic heading north of Auckland. Here are your reactions to the plan.

One man thinks he's found the solution to a dreaded pinchpoint for traffic heading north of Auckland - bulldoze the lights and put in two roundabouts.

Auckland Transport is joining business giants Fonterra, Air NZ, KPMG, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard at the VXV Precinct on the Auckland waterfront.

Auckland transport officials are being told to front up and tackle the dire congestion which is driving people out of their own city.

People are being driven out of New Zealand's biggest city by traffic congestion problems, with many saying their quality of life is being eroded.

Chief executive of SkyCabs, Hugh Chapman, saw it as the perfect opportunity to dig out his 18-year-old idea.

The industry is set for its biggest shake up in 30 years in a series of sweeping changes that will bring its drivers and those from rival Uber under the same rules.

Almost $217,000 of public money has been paid for taxis or buses in the past four years to shuttle stranded train passengers to their destination.

Central Auckland is facing years of chaos as several huge building projects get under way to advance the city's international aspirations.

Compression release engine brakes, also known as Jacobs brakes, are the noisiest type of brakes.

Commuters stuck in Auckland's rail system yesterday may find it hard to believe but the public transport network is generally reliable and punctual.

Auckland commuters lose 20 working days a year sitting in jams, according to the annual Tomtom survey released this week.

Mum pushes child in pram more than 2kms uphill after bus driver refuses to let her on.

The company assuredly would not again put buses on the road if its drivers were refusing to take fares, and passengers would know which side was to blame.

More than 70 passengers were involved in an emergency water rescue after a fire broke out in a ferry engine while it was out on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.

Every available bus in Auckland is being used to ease the high demand of March, but people are still begging to be let on at stops.

COMMENT: The knowledge that AT can't maintain a simple circuit service in normal times must be good news for shoe shops. But not for the rest of us.