Police are launching a month-long blitz on red light runners on Auckland roads. After an eight-week Auckland Transport "red means stop" warning campaign, police have begun cracking down on drivers who still haven't got the message.

I recently posted a "return to sender" letter which started me thinking about who owned that letter: me, the postal service, the sender, or the unknown (to me) addressee.

Auckland rail patronage is at a record high, but transport officials are scratching their heads over a 16 per cent fall in ferry trips last month.

AT has started a campaign to sign up cardholders, but the miserable 10 per cent saving over the cash fare has hardly been a great success, writes Brian Rudman.

I wish to know if our 40km/h zone outside schools is at all times or only when school is in? Some places have an illuminated sign, others not. What about holidays and weekends?

Aucklanders are being offered hope of cheaper public transport now introduction of the region's $100 million electronic ticketing scheme is complete.

We have the Counties Manukau Police, the Counties Manukau Health Board, and many other similarly named organisations.

Lengthening a bus lane along a busy commuter exit from downtown Auckland is no substitute for a deferred $15.6 million bus station.

I know a lot of people put towies in the same "lower than a snake's underpants" category as parking wardens, politicians - and journalists - but I've never had a problem with towies.

A large truck broken down on State Highway 1 in Wellsford is blocking traffic heading north.

An Auckland man has won a battle against a towing company after his van was illegally towed from a private car park in Auckland's CBD.

Auckland's "dysfunctional" transport and technology museum is to be reinvented as a hands-on learning hub.

A freight train has hit a cow and derailed south of Masterton, cancelling services to Wellington this morning.

Who has right of way when two vehicles are both on side roads (facing each other), each stopped at give way signs, and each wants to turn right on to the motorway?

Motorcyclist Ross Blair is not just another name in the death notices. He was a farmer with a loving wife and four children.

I can still remember the freedom that came with being given my first bike.

Can the following be explained please? Westhaven Drive has speed bumps but now judder bars have been installed. Why so if speed bumps already exist?

The official description of an advanced stop box is an area in front of a general traffic lane on an approach to a signalled intersection.

It's one of the country's craziest intersections - a dreaded pinchpoint for traffic heading north of Auckland.

More logging trucks will be unleashed on to State Highway 1 between Auckland and the Far North from today because of a suspension of all Northland's freight trains.

The construction of the motorway interchange at the northern end of Auckland's new Waterview connection has moved a step closer to completion.

The deputy board chairman at Motat has resigned and 20 volunteers have walked out as troubles grow deeper at the country's largest transport museum.

It may seem odd for a fuel company to be encouraging people to buy less fuel. But Z-Energy is doing just that by sponsoring 'eco-driving' courses.

Just recently I have noticed a huge new piece of machinery - a gantry perhaps - near where the Waterview tunnel is being built, at the Waterview end.

Becoming ruthless with their whistles and no longer waiting for last-minute "runners" at railway stations has helped Auckland train crews to achieve record punctuality.

Forty of the state-owned company's locomotives were taken out of action following the discovery of the potentially deadly material in a soundproofing compound inside one of the vehicles.

If it was harder for young people to get a driver's licence, families like the Roberts would not have to live every day in anguish.