New ZealandEarly start to rail link 'realistic'Hefty patronage growth on Auckland trains is making the city's transport authority bullish about meeting the Government's conditions for an early star.29 Jul 05:00 PM
ConstructionTransmission Gully contract finalisedFinancial contract negotiations and arrangements for New Zealand's biggest new infrastructure job have been completed.29 Jul 04:18 AM
New ZealandAsk Phoebe: Bus lanes free outside hoursPhoebe Falconer answers our readers' questions about transport or any other Auckland issue.28 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandAucklanders say cut staff - not servicesMany 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 <i>Herald</i>-DigiPoll survey.28 Jul 05:00 PM
Freight and logisticsParking giant bins $1k finesWilson Parking has been forced to cancel 14 infringement notices and apologise to vehicle owners after stinging them twice in one night.28 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandSupport for cops on trainsAuckland Transport is considering forming a special police force to improve safety on trains.27 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandFailure to interpret signals led to derailmentAn Auckland passenger train derailed earlier this year due to the failure to interpret signals, an internal investigation has found.26 Jul 01:00 AM
New ZealandGreen light for 'holiday highway' plan a relief for agencyControversial plans to extend Auckland's motorway network to Warkworth have won draft approval after a public hearing over three months.25 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Cameras unlikely to sort trafficCameras stationed at intersections are said to be capable of giving Auckland Transport more accurate information about traffic flow and congestion than is now available.25 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandLabour plan to restore local leviesLabour plans to reinstate the power for local bodies to raise revenue through extra levies such as a 'pillow tax' on visitors and regional petrol taxes.25 Jul 03:05 AM
New ZealandTick for 'holiday highway'A Board of Inquiry has granted consent for the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway north of Auckland, known as the "holiday highway".25 Jul 01:55 AM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Time for bus IT system to get realIn the "not before time" category, Auckland Transport is advertising for a new board director with "exposure to and understanding of information technology area".24 Jul 09:30 PM
New Zealand$10,000 spent in $250 road toll caseA Government agency has spent $10,000 in legal costs pursuing a $250 debt from an outspoken opponent of road tolls.24 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandNats to offer fast-track tunnel: LabourLabour says the Government is poised to offer Auckland motorists an election "bribe" by fast-forwarding motorway tunnels under the Waitemata Harbour - without room for trains.24 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandLack of child safety astonishes policePlunket and police were disappointed to find 22 children aged under 5 not properly restrained in vehicles during a police operation in Auckland yesterday.23 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandBrownlee hands over aviation dutiesTransport Minister Gerry Brownlee is giving up the aviation security share of his portfolio while the Civil Aviation Authority investigates his deliberate bypassing of airport security yesterday.23 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandRace against time to get road openContractors racing to clear a slip that has cut off State Highway 1 at the Brynderwyns expect to have both lanes open in time for the weekend.23 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandParking warden bashedA parking warden was admitted to hospital after being attacked on duty in Auckland - and the assault was so bad, it kept him in hospital for five nights.23 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionMark Bracey: Make people, not cars, the priorityRoads are for everyone and road rules were made for all road users.22 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandSafety main factor for motorway mergingWho is in the right when you are on the motorway in the left hand lane and traffic is joining from an on-ramp and coming into your lane?21 Jul 05:00 PM
SportWhere are they now: Ewen ChatfieldDuring his playing days, Ewen Chatfield was known as the Naenae Express. These days, Chats still delivers but at a different pace.19 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandAratere - back, but hardly shipshapeThe beleaguered Interislander ferry Aratere cancelled another sailing this morning - in what is only its second day back in service after a 3-month refurbishment.16 Jul 10:18 PM
New ZealandNo plain sailing for troubled AratereIt returned to service yesterday after eight months - and the troubled ferry Aratere has had a sailing today cancelled.16 Jul 02:47 AM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: We need a tunnel vision to help pay for rail linkThe Government shouldn't suddenly decide that ratepayers be forced to beggar themselves to maintain and upgrade a public transport system, writes Brian Rudman.15 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandPassenger: Bus firm left me in lurchA bus passenger has accused the Nakedbus company of abandoning her when weather conditions terminated her bus route to the Bay of Islands.15 Jul 05:00 PM
New Zealand2030: No drivers, no traffic jamsHours stuck on our car-clogged city motorways could be just a memory by 2030, says a visiting Stanford University energy expert.15 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandLabour MP backs 'holiday highway'Labour's only Northland MP, Kelvin Davis, is backing National's Puhoi to Wellsford extension, the roading project mocked as an unnecessary "holiday highway" by his colleagues.14 Jul 09:36 PM
New ZealandAsk Phoebe: How Auckland landmarks got their namesI moved to Clendon Park last year, and I'm struggling to find much information about its history.14 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandBusway extension left out of $815m planAuckland's successful Northern Busway has been set back by a Government decision to exclude an extension to Albany from an $815 million package.13 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandHow budget hit crunch pointAuckland Mayor Len Brown hailed his first 10-year budget in 2012 as the foundation block to transform Auckland once and for all.13 Jul 05:00 PM
