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Plan to 'future-proof' harbour crossing
Preparations are being made for another Waitemata Harbour crossing - with a tunnel east of the Auckland Harbour Bridge the Government's preferred option.
Preparations are being made for another Waitemata Harbour crossing - with a tunnel east of the Auckland Harbour Bridge the Government's preferred option.
Adult cash fares are increasing by 25 per cent on Auckland buses and train trips, in order to encourage more passengers to use electronic ticketing. Is this rise justified?
Auckland is awash with roadworks and one in 10 current projects is running behind schedule.
The railway tunnel will serve only a very small fraction of Auckland's population and at a huge cost.
Violent incidents in the past fortnight on Auckland's southern railway line have the police and transport officials trawling through CCTV footage for offenders.
Taxis in Auckland are charging differences of up to $40 for trips between the city centre and the airport.
The first stage of tunnelling the second tunnel on Auckland's Waterview Connection project will stop today.
On Thursday I got the first Business Class upgrade of my life.
Auckland public transport passengers have lost about $35,000 in credit on electronic Hop cards disabled for repeated failures to tag off at the end of trips.
No city in the world has managed to pave its way out of congestion. Auckland will not be the first to succeed but it may be the last to try, writes Mark Bracey.
If light rail were to run through the veins of inner Auckland again, it would follow a track back in time.
Tech giants Google and Uber appear to be crossing into each other's territory.
Data visualisation shows the aggregate travel patterns created by over 9.5 million rail trips made by passengers using HOP cards between July 2013 and June 2014.
Trams could be heading into Auckland city again, almost 60 years after the original tracks were torn up.
Auckland mayor is struggling to put together a budget that will accommodate his magnificent obsession, the $2.5b underground City Rail Link, Brian Rudman writes.
In the final part of our Future Auckland series, we aim to stimulate debate.
This week the Herald looks at what Auckland needs to make it an even better place to live. Today we focus on its transport woes, and how to solve them.
An interactive map reveals the change in commuting patterns in New Zealand since 2001.
If trams are found to be compatible with cars on big city roads, and will carry more people more quickly, then the Auckland Council, Govt and ratepayers must seriously consider them.
Any new generation of Auckland trams would likely start from the waterfront and head up the Dominion Rd commuter spine via Queen St, says the city's transport head.
Aucklanders have spent many, many years admiring what other cities have, but we're catching up now, writes Auckland Mayor Len Brown. There's a real sense of pride growing around our region.
Auckland could become a city of trams again, with light rail back on the drawing board to complement trains and buses.
Paul Rose thought he had a bargain when he secured a $4 return ticket from ManaBus to visit friends in Whangarei, but what he got instead was a "coach trip from hell".
A review of taxi regulations has been launched following a complaint from new industry player Uber.
The police last week kicked a DJ, Tim Phin, out of a car. His crime? A capitalist act between consenting adults.
An internet company that shares its name with the controversial app Uber is embroiled in a trademark stoush with the global giant.
Mr Pettigrew, 62, hardly misses a beat in greeting or thanking and farewelling each passenger boarding or getting off his bus.
A driver for ride-hailing service Uber is alleged to have indecently assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Melbourne.