Skybus responds to travel writer Jim Eagle's recent column about his experience using the service.

COMMENT: The marketing Uber uses to disrupt the grip taxi companies have on a city is to present itself as a Robin Hood in the struggle against outdated urban regulators.

It was the sheer size of the hole at the Waterview Connection that caught Des Webster's breath.

Christchurch taxi drivers have hit the streets today in protest of global ride-share giant Uber.

Photos taken in Twizel on Saturday show Lake Ruataniwha, the surrounding trees covered in white tips and snow-capped mountains in the background.

Knitted seat covers and flowers adorn Auckland's Victoria St West as part of a scheme to beautify the city for pedestrians.

COMMENT: Don't suffer "bad Wi-Fi".

Shuttle buses in operation after track fault disrupts train services.

When most of us look at a map of Auckland's railways, a spur line to the airport appears obvious and easy.

COMMENT: We shouldn't be closing off options when the only "solution" on the table is a pie in the sky light rail system.

COMMENT: Our planning needs to be robust but that is no excuse to kick the can down the road to the next generation.

A new device used by law enforcement in Canada could help enforce the legal distance between cyclists and cars on the road.

The central suburbs are getting a new Blue Link bus but the majority of services in East Auckland will soon end in Panmure so commuters can transfer to a train.

Auckland Transport aims to transform Auckland into a cycle-friendly city like Paris or London.

Uber New Zealand has partnered up with music streaming service Pandora to bring ad-free music to its drivers.

The public transport fast track to Auckland Airport is likely to happen - but not any time soon.

The Transport Agency says heavy rail to the airport was rejected because it doesn't provide "sound value for money".

COMMENT: There's much that Government could do that would be useful. Taxing us more is not one of them.

COMMENT: It is simply not true that public transport is the only alternative to traffic congestion.

COMMENT: You know things are getting weird when Treasury Secretary Makhlouf starts channelling the Victorian era and Oscar Wilde to talk about Auckland.

If AT has been reading our mail, and doubtless its own, it will know there is outrage over its decision to paint all municipal buses the same colour.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus John Key rules out any ransom payment for New Zealander kidnapped in Nigeria and surface flooding is causing chaos on roads across the middle of the country as the Government announces extra funding to make our State Highways safer.

An extra $60 million a year will be used to remove blackspots on State Highways, in a move that could save 900 lives and serious injuries over the next decade.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says road tolling could be done by GPS satellite, as opposed to toll gantries or cameras.

GPS tracking may be used to charge drivers for using Auckland's roads - a move which raises concerns about "Big Brother" behaviour.

Truck driver records moment car overtook him on bend, as oncoming driver has to take evasive action.

Sometime next year, when the Waterview tunnels are opened, Auckland's planned motorway network will be virtually complete.

Auckland's biggest union of bus drivers has told its members to ignore a deadline handed down by council and will continue to allow SuperGold cardholders on buses.

Uber says it would encourage Kiwi drivers facing enforcement action urges to challenge NZTA illegality ruling in court.