Britomart station will hit train handling capacity this year. It can handle only 20 trains an hour, writes Len Brown. The City Rail Link allows us to increase this to 48 trains an hour.

Dominion Rd's business community says it would welcome visitors passing through its colourful precinct on trams from the airport to downtown Auckland.

Auckland pensioners fear losing free public transport in afternoon travel peaks under a review of concessionary fares next year.

Auckland commuters may face a rocky New Year after drivers for the city's bus fleet fired an opening salvo in a dispute over pay and working hours.

Transdev Australasia, in association with Hyundai Rotem is the preferred operator for next year.

Aucklanders will need to use the Hop card to access SuperGold card travel from July 1 next year at a one off cost of $20

Unions intend balloting Auckland bus drivers about taking strike action unless their employer allows a city-wide stopwork meeting for drivers to discuss a new employment agreement.

Unions representing almost 1000 Auckland bus drivers intend to press ahead with a stop-work meeting just before Christmas.

Long distance trains from Wellington to Auckland will stop about a kilometre short of the Britomart underground station from December 21.

It comes as no surprise to me that more children are being chauffeured to school than ever, Kerre McIvor writes.

As Wellington bus users look forward to low weekend fares in the run-up to Christmas, their Auckland counterparts face a doubling of the price of new Hop cards.

An issue on a train line in Mt Albert is expected to cause delays this afternoon.

Auckland Transport is considering extending the reach of its $100 million Hop ticketing system to council services such as libraries and swimming pools.

The AT plans make sense, and are far from the officious nonsense many are complaining of.

As Fullers prepares to add two new ferries to its Auckland-Waiheke run, newcomer Explore expects to welcome a third vessel as early as December.

After almost two years, giant boring machine finally punches its way out of the ground.

Three top transport officials are accused of bribery totalling more than $1 million.

Auckland's main commuter bus operator, NZ Bus, has started a "Better Bus" campaign to shame errant passengers into better traveller etiquette, writes Brian Rudman.

Problem with overhead line will delay rail commute home.

Uber faces curbs on its expansion in Britain.

Plans for an overhaul of central and eastern Auckland bus routes, with a new emphasis on feeder services to railway stations, are being unveiled for public submissions.

Logan Pillay was caught off-guard when a passenger punched him, causing him to flinch and drive into the back of the car in front of him.

Upper Symonds St above Auckland's CBD is being eyed as a largely pedestrianised zone when trams return to the city.

The council organisation has begun marking up 1.2 kilometres of extra lanes into the city centre.

Driving your car to work is way more fun than taking public transport, writes Matt Heath. I've been flirting with different ways of getting around Auckland and nothing beats the door-to-door comfort.

Police are trying to find the driver of a bus involved in a crash in Christchurch last night.

More than 50 double-decker buses are to roll out across Auckland from this October to July next year, after a rule change to allow heavier vehicles on city streets.

The Government appears to be coming around to user-pays charges, such as a motorway toll, to tackle Auckland's chronic traffic congestion and population growth.

A major roadblock has been unblocked after the Environment Court refused to rule in favour of a powerful landlord.