Small Business Minister and Act leader John Banks yesterday criticised the Government's proposed taxation of employer-supplied carparks in Auckland and Wellington.

After last week's chaos, it's clear we need dedicated and vigilantly policed bus lanes to keep city moving.

Auckland and Wellington carpark costs will shoot up 50 per cent, a lobby group claims, if proposed changes to fringe benefit tax go through.

Taxpayers and ratepayers fork out more than $230 million a year to subsidise public transport in Auckland.

A vehicle pulling a trailer loaded with bricks has hit the median barrier and overturned while heading west on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway.

A disabled Papamoa man twice denied access on local buses is taking his case to the Human Rights Commission.

Frustrated commuters are calling for a change in retail working hours after a motorway crash caused gridlock across Auckland.

Inner-city Auckland traffic was brought to a virtual standstill after a motorway crash - gridlock that the Automobile Association described as the worst it had seen.

Blind Aucklanders are waiting for voice prompts to be added to rail ticketing machines after months of being unable to use them.

A tunnelling machine dwarfing the world's largest airliner is bound for Auckland, where it will spend more than two years digging an underground motorway.

Negotiations this month could allow Qatar Airways, one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world - to fly to New Zealand.

The future of Auckland's trams is on the line after a sudden decision by the council's waterfront agency to withdraw funds needed to keep them running.

Why is there not a standard positioning for the merging signs at the end of state highway passing lanes?

Taxi companies are imposing some of the country's highest credit card surcharges.

Text-to-pay parking meters have failed at least three times in the past two months.

More than 120 young people were caught driving illegally during a week-long police campaign targeting high schools.

It would make the inner city an attractive, convenient and interesting place to live and work, writes Michael Barnett and Kim Campbell.

The building of infrastructure should lead and guide where new resources are to be unleashed. Auckland has a lot going for it, writes Michael Barnett and Kim Campbell.

The railway crossing which nearly claimed the life of a woman had been identified by authorities as a top priority for removal.

Given the emphasis placed on TV ratings for the 7 o'clock time slot, for example, would you please explain how these ratings are calculated?

Popular support for spending on public transport has almost doubled over 20 years, according to a poll of 750 New Zealanders.

One of New Zealand's most enduring works of fiction is the Auckland rail timetable, writes Peter Lyons. I ventured back on to the trains last week after being banned several years ago.