A painted cardboard train was paraded through central Wellington today in a push for a light rail system to be given the go-ahead.

Bulldozing 500 affordable homes to make way for a $1b freight corridor through South Auckland has been ruled a 'non-starter' by Auckland mayor Len Brown.

It was hard to believe we were whooshing through South Auckland at 112km/h between high-speed braking trials on the first electric train, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

Ninety years after Auckland's leaders began hankering after electric trains in 1923, the city is poised to join the world of modern rail transport.

Auckland bus drivers desperate for toilet breaks say over-zealous parking wardens are fining them for leaving their vehicles at bus stops while answering nature's call.

More training needed for public transport staff to ensure disabled passengers and people with children and push chairs are not discriminated against.

Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.

It is not possible to quarantine the system while we take it from being out of date and constrained to modern and functional, writes Lester Levy.

Disgruntled taxi drivers will consider a nationwide strike if their demands, which include raising the minimum price of fares, are not met by Auckland Airport next week.

A man repeatedly charged double his bus fare is the latest disgruntled customer in Auckland Transport's new electronic payment system.

The City Rail Link (CRL) is the key project in an integrated transport programme to keep Auckland moving as the city grows by more than 700,000 people during the next 30 years. courtesy Auckland Transport.

Auckland Transport has backed down over refusals to reimburse a woman who loaded more than $50 on a Hop bus card two days before the card became redundant.

Auckland Transport is acting like an Indonesian execution squad, refusing to give victims any prior warning of their appointed date with destiny, writes Brian Rudman.

Bus card operator Snapper could snaffle up to $2 million from commuters who are left with cash on their cards this summer.

Auckland Transport refuses to say if it will keep giving passengers with only old purple Snapper Hop cards free trips on buses equipped with newer technology.

Many Auckland bus passengers face a lucky dip today over which type of electronic Hop card will get them to work or classes.

Let's not forget that over the past year, 77 per cent of Auckland's 69.23 million public transport trips were on buses, writes Brian Rudman.

Surveyors are plotting ground levels above Auckland's proposed new multi-billion dollar rail underground tunnel.

Central Auckland bus passengers are having to carry two smartcards - both confusingly called Hop - to guarantee cash-free travel for the next few weeks.

The Serious Fraud Office has executed search warrants in its probe of people linked to Auckland Transport.

Saved from threatened extinction this year, London's famous black cabs are pushing into the already highly-competitive Australian taxi market.

Fatality sparks safety call, and experts warn that quieter trains will increase risks.

Train commuters in Wellington will face disruptions this morning with eight trains still off the rails.

Len Brown has not built a single metre of bus lane in his first term as mayor of the Super City.

KiwiRail chief executive Jim Quinn said engineering advice was the station was likely to be above the minimum 34 per cent of building standard.