Rail commuters are facing major delays in Auckland this morning after two separate signal failures.

Six major retailers are decrying the unitary plan, accusing Auckland Council of trying to design shops and force everyone on to public transport.

Darrell Preston would rather hobble 5km a day on a bad knee than take his chances with the new train ticketing machines.

It's taken 10 years, but finally the penny has dropped in the dark recesses of Auckland Transport's brain box, writes Brian Rudman.

Schoolkids are causing chaos on peak time Auckland buses, although officials say nothing can be done because refusing to take them would infringe students' rights.

A partially-sighted Tauranga woman was reduced to pushing aside her fringe to reveal an empty eye socket before a bus driver agreed to issue her a concession fare.

Could you clarify the parking situation whereby one has to drive into an angle park or parking space at right angles to the kerb on a public road.

Auckland rail patronage has slumped to below 10 million passengers trips over the past 12 months, dragging down overall public transport figures.

A train driver who failed to stop at a red signal has caused delays on the western line of Auckland's rail service today.

The Government's transport safety regulator has finally decided to investigate the train accident that almost killed a young woman in a wheelchair on an Auckland level crossing.

A group of children say they are grateful to their elderly school bus driver who managed to pull over safely after he was hit by a metal pole that flew through the windscreen.

The woman, now 22, overcame huge odds to get to where she could get around Auckland unaided in her electric wheelchair.

KiwiRail is taking all the blame forlast month's tragic accident at Morningside - yet the company is a state-owned enterprise required to operate as a successful business.

It was the 20th century California Dream: a suburban home, a flash car to get you to and from work and a freewheeling lifestyle. But the dream's flipside was a nightmarish sprawl with an unsustainable footprint.

Auckland Transport says that the Blues pay for their patrons, as do the All Blacks and NZ Rugby League. Cricket, Phoenix and Warriors choose not to contribute, so services are provided at a cost to the patron.

The Auckland plan ignores the potential for modern technology to solve our transport and other problems and, instead, pushes expensive and inappropriate 19th and 20th century solutions.

Auckland Transport has been accused of failing to acknowledge long-held safety concerns of local politicians whose turf covers a railway crossing where a disabled woman was hit by a train.

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.

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.

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

Youth brawls and intimidating behaviour continue to drive people away from the Willow St bus stop in Tauranga.

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