Let's not forget that over the past year, 77 per cent of Auckland's 69.23 million public transport trips were on buses, writes Brian Rudman.

Surveyors are plotting ground levels above Auckland's proposed new multi-billion dollar rail underground tunnel.

Central Auckland bus passengers are having to carry two smartcards - both confusingly called Hop - to guarantee cash-free travel for the next few weeks.

The Serious Fraud Office has executed search warrants in its probe of people linked to Auckland Transport.

Saved from threatened extinction this year, London's famous black cabs are pushing into the already highly-competitive Australian taxi market.

Fatality sparks safety call, and experts warn that quieter trains will increase risks.

KiwiRail chief executive Jim Quinn said engineering advice was the station was likely to be above the minimum 34 per cent of building standard.

Cheaper than Brisbane, dearer than Seattle, similar to Wellington. Our public transport fares have landed in the middle of results in a Herald on Sunday survey of fares in six cities.

Auckland's public transport patronage continues to languish.

Auckland bus commuter Joseph Shields is calling fellow passengers to arms against a hefty fare rise.

A disabled Auckland man thought he was a "goner" when a bus closed its doors on him and then yanked him from his wheelchair, leaving him bloodied and bruised.

Passengers on Auckland's new electric trains - the first of which was unveiled yesterday - will enjoy the spaciousness of open carriages from one end to the other.

Auckland Transport is offering crumbs of comfort to what it says is a small proportion of bus passengers - largely North Shore students - facing weekly fare rises of $10 or more.

Auckland Transport has sacked a senior manager amid an investigation into allegations of corruption over roading contracts.

Axing his weekly bus pass has angered engineering student Alex can der Sande - and he's launched a campaign to get it reinstated.

Auckland bus driver Nico van der Zwet has spoken up in defence of his beleaguered profession and challenged other road users to improve their behaviour.

Police and the New Zealand Transport Agency have ordered 28 Wellington buses off the road over safety fears.

Fire risks and faults with emergency exits are among things being re-checked by police and transport inspectors on Wellington buses after faults were found.

A bus driver on a school run dumped a 6-year-old at the side of the road and headed back to the depot instead of taking him to his bus stop.

Shrouded in bubble-wrap, the first of Auckland's 57 new electric trains has arrived from its Spanish factory.

Bus drivers are facing more accusations of misbehaviour, including an Auckland woman who says her car was almost squashed when a coach forced it on to a motorway shoulder.

North Shore commuters are confused by a late delay to the planned introduction of Auckland's $100 million electronic Hop card system on two large bus fleets.

Bus drivers are in the gun for using cellphones and flipping through paperwork while at the wheels of their 12- to 14-tonne vehicles.

Auckland Transport has called on external investigators to guide its inquiry into corruption claims and has stood down a senior manager on indefinite leave.