
Wgtn commuter lines remain closed
Wellington commuter lines will remain closed tomorrow morning with no peak train services or bus replacements operating.
Wellington commuter lines will remain closed tomorrow morning with no peak train services or bus replacements operating.
Building park-and-ride facilities is the first transport priority for Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino, whose long-term solution is to build satellite centres where people can live, work and play.
A Wellington bus company is undergoing an urgent review after safety checks uncovered more than 100 faults on its fleet.
The Government has rejected two proposals for getting Auckland road users to pay for an estimated $12 billion shortfall in funding for roading projects.
A rail link to the airport will be a focus over the next year if Mayor Len Brown wins a second term at October's local body elections.
Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.
As election bribes go, Auckland mayoral hopeful John Minto's promise of free public transport in "less than a year" has certainly set the bar high, writes Brian Rudman.
A downtown Auckland shopping centre will be demolished to make way for the multibillion-dollar Central Rail Link.
An Auckland bus driver says passengers - including one who tried to use a $100 note for a $1 ride - need to start carrying smaller change for fares.
Bus drivers seem happy to take your $20 note for a cheap trip - as long as it's not rush hour and there's not a snaking queue waiting behind you.
Auckland Transport is investigating the feasibility of building a commuter ferry wharf and 200 car-parking spaces at Te Atatu.
Bus drivers have been told they should always carry passengers who want to pay with bank notes, even if they don't have enough change.
A bus driver who refused to let a child on board because he had $20 to pay his $1.80 fare should never have left that passenger behind, unions representing drivers say.
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says Auckland will have to look at selling assets to fund its share of the $2.86 billion underground rail link.
I guess Maggie Barry's thoughts have turned to composing her bucket list, writes Brian Rudman. And leaving messages on her boss' phone, pleading for another u-turn.
Auckland Transport boss Lester Levy won't rule out ditching rail operator Veolia if it can't shape up.
The Government will push a wider southern motorway, and a freight corridor in Manukau before it starts work on the City Rail Link and a second harbour Crossing.
Phil Twyford got the last laugh, noting that Gerry Brownlee had only days earlier dismissed the city rail link as "a short, little loop", writes John Armstrong.
Mayor Len Brown can take a bow. He deserves most of the credit for making the rail link his own project and doggedly promoting it.
Aucklanders face a hefty rates rise or congestion charges to pay for the long-awaited Auckland City Rail Link.
Auckland motorists paid more than $37 million in council fines in the past year, prompting a call from the AA to educate, not punish, drivers.
A new app aims to help Kiwis find the closest, cheapest taxi and rates individual drivers, but industry watchdogs say they are wary of the tool.
Mayor Len Brown has blocked a councillor's bid to put funding for the proposed $2.4 billion central city rail link and other transport projects to a public referendum.
A spokesperson for Auckland Transport advises that the sign is provided to clarify what is meant by the arrow in the far left lane when approaching Market Place from Fanshawe St.
Most commuters relying on public transport from South Auckland to the central city will have to catch trains rather than long-distance buses under a sweeping network redesign.
Could you please find out if the relevant roading people are aware of the chaos at the Western Springs motorway interchange.
Hundreds of faulty security cameras have been installed in cabs across New Zealand, leading to sexual and violent attacks going unpunished.
A wheelchair-bound rail passenger was stranded on the wheelchair ramp leaving the carriage as the Capital Connection pulled away from a Kapiti Coast station.
Booking a last-minute taxi is impossible for Aucklanders confined to wheelchairs, a Herald on Sunday survey has revealed. And when they do get a taxi, they are charged extra.