Ninety years after Auckland's leaders began hankering after electric trains in 1923, the city is poised to join the world of modern rail transport.

Auckland bus drivers desperate for toilet breaks say over-zealous parking wardens are fining them for leaving their vehicles at bus stops while answering nature's call.

More training needed for public transport staff to ensure disabled passengers and people with children and push chairs are not discriminated against.

Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.

It is not possible to quarantine the system while we take it from being out of date and constrained to modern and functional, writes Lester Levy.

Disgruntled taxi drivers will consider a nationwide strike if their demands, which include raising the minimum price of fares, are not met by Auckland Airport next week.

The Auckland Council is revising down its public transport goals next year from 83 million trips to 78 million.

The trams are returning to Cathedral Square after an almost three-year absence following the February 2011 earthquake.

A man repeatedly charged double his bus fare is the latest disgruntled customer in Auckland Transport's new electronic payment system.

Auckland Transport is acting like an Indonesian execution squad, refusing to give victims any prior warning of their appointed date with destiny, writes Brian Rudman.

Bus card operator Snapper could snaffle up to $2 million from commuters who are left with cash on their cards this summer.

Auckland Transport refuses to say if it will keep giving passengers with only old purple Snapper Hop cards free trips on buses equipped with newer technology.

Many Auckland bus passengers face a lucky dip today over which type of electronic Hop card will get them to work or classes.

A bus driver has been stood down amid reports he did two U-turns on a busy motorway in Wellington.

It's a frustration every public transport user knows - waiting for an overdue bus, only to have several turn up at once.

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

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

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.

Train commuters in Wellington will face disruptions this morning with eight trains still off the rails.

Len Brown has not built a single metre of bus lane in his first term as mayor of the Super City.

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.