Auditor-General Lyn Provost is holding off commenting on the $2.4b city rail link until details of the project appear in a new 10-year budget for the Super City.

Cutting edge speed cameras that can catch out drivers who slow down for traditional cameras then speed up again are being considered by police.

Phoebe Falconer writes: Auckland Transport has no plans to run special services to the Taste of Auckland event, but there is other public transport that can get you there.

It feels like riding some sort of subterranean paddle steamer on a voyage back from the centre of the Earth.

Three Auckland passenger trains ran red lights last month, alarming rail operator Transdev.

A $11m cycleway through Grafton Gully will open this week - but there's no access to Auckland university - sold as the cycleway's most likely users.

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has left open a prospect of trains, trams or buses running under Auckland's Waitemata Harbour - not just motorway traffic.

A service which connects available pilots with passengers willing to split travel costs isn't operating legally says an FAA ruling in the US.

A swarm of hi-vis vests kept drivers in check during a sting at a level crossing in Auckland last night.

The Green Party would push for almost half a billion spending over five years on public transport in Christchurch.

In the Auckland Council's brief existence it has inspired enough "visions" to rival the Vatican's 2000-year-old collection. Queen's Wharf, coastal walkways, sewers, volcanic cones - scratch the surface and you'll find a corny vision to go with it.

The Greens yesterday launched a multibillion-dollar plan to save Auckland from traffic gridlock which dumps mega-roading projects.

Greens want to spend more than $10 billion on public transport and rail projects over the next decade, allowing buses and trains to run every few minutes at rush hour.

It took a dash of people power to free a man whose leg became caught between a train and a platform north of Perth yesterday.

Auckland's new electric trains are back running between Onehunga and Britomart, despite a continuing mystery over a power failure which knocked them out of action last week.

Auckland Transport intends slicing half a billion off its underground rail loop by ditching its deepest station and keeping new trains off the ledger.

Hefty patronage growth on Auckland trains is making the city's transport authority bullish about meeting the Government's conditions for an early star.

Many Aucklanders believe the best way to deal with looming budget cuts by the Auckland Council is to reduce staff and salaries, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.

Michael Barnett writes: Two things stand out in arguments about how to fund Auckland's $2.6 billion City Rail Link, and other expensive new or upgraded infrastructure.

Auckland Transport is considering forming a special police force to improve safety on trains.

An Auckland passenger train derailed earlier this year due to the failure to interpret signals, an internal investigation has found.

Cameras stationed at intersections are said to be capable of giving Auckland Transport more accurate information about traffic flow and congestion than is now available.

In the "not before time" category, Auckland Transport is advertising for a new board director with "exposure to and understanding of information technology area".

Auckland's flash new electric trains have been grounded by power faults which are mystifying the region's transport authority.

Plunket and police were disappointed to find 22 children aged under 5 not properly restrained in vehicles during a police operation in Auckland yesterday.