People in many of Auckland's poorest suburbs will pay dearly for a transport and general rates package costed at $214 for the average household.

KiwiRail did not have proper communication in place to stop a train from pulling out while a wheelchair-bound passenger was still disembarking, a report says.

Council property agents have been warned off "bullying" an elderly couple into a rush sale of their home for a new highway parallel to the Southern Motorway.

A series of marches and events are expected across New Zealand to mark a global campaign aimed at saving the lives of children.

The annual road safety awareness drive starts tomorrow, and the emphasis this year will be on children, described by Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss as “our most vulnerable road users”.

On April 1 (I kid you not) Auckland Council received an update on air-quality regulations which showed more work with the Government was needed.

Spain's development ministry has said that a fire broke out on a ferry as it journeyed from Palma on the island of Majorca to Valencia in Spain.

Last week while passing the Howick and Eastern Buses depot in Botany I was somewhat concerned to see two of the buses had been repainted all over in blue and with large "Metro" logos....

KiwiRail is among short-listed contenders to run Auckland's metro trains once Transdev's $60 million-plus management contract expires next year.

Artists' impressions of Auckland's City Rail Link include a new underground station at Karangahape Rd built to resemble a stingray.

A new website allows consumers to predict the cost of a taxi fare, accurate to within about $4.

Auckland's new electric trains are still being bugged by computer software and braking problems, which have brought engineers out from Spain in search of a remedy.

Cars may be squeezed out of Auckland's main street as the city's transport authority looks to modern trams to move growing throngs of commuters.

Aucklanders are spending the equivalent of almost 12 working days sitting in traffic each year, and the gridlock only appears to be getting worse.

Increased public transport services are planned to cater for cricket fans heading to the Takutai Square fanzone in downtown Auckland tomorrow.

It seems that they are rarely correct. Phoebe explains how the electronic bus ‘‘real time’’ boards work.

The council body is doubling the cash fare for CityLink buses to $1 from March 29 and imposing a 50c charge for Hop card users now able to ride them free.

Auckland bus users will have to start paying to travel in the central city after Heart of the City and Waterfront Auckland pulled funding for CityLink bus.

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.