Subscribe to RSS
Pedestrian Campaign Must Be Bolder
Auckland Transport today launches a pedestrian safety ‘Check Before You Step’ campaign in Queen St. It’s targeted at both pedestrians and drivers. Bus...
Tougher Motorbike Licence Tests
Tougher motorbike licence tests, tests for moped users and a power-to-weight restriction for novices replacing the current cc restrictions are among measures announced...
Penrose Safety Concerns
Poor lighting, no security cameras. A long way from the road. In the middle of an industrial area. Some Penrose commuters are complaining to ARTA about the state...
Truckie Firm Prosecuted
An Auckland transport firm has been prosecuted for allowing its drivers to breach work time and log book rules. Labour says this is indicative of a bigger problem...
Best & Worst Roads
How safe are our state highways? We get a guide to answering that today with the release today of new star ratings for our state highways as part of what’s...
Too Many Crossing Near Misses
Manawatu-Wanganui has had the highest number of level crossing collisions this year, with just under a third of all collisions occurring in that region. There have...
Minister Doubts Truckie Safety Issues
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the issues raised about truckies safety is news to him and he hasn’t seen any widespread evidence of it. He told parliament:...
Official: Safer To Cycle
ARC transport committee Chair Christine Rose says she feels safer on a bike in Auckland than in a car. The committee was giving last - minute consideration...
Truckies “Forced To Break Law”
Truck drivers are being “forced to break the law to make a living.” The Rail and Maritime Transport Union says that road safety will always be compromised...
Tamaki Drive Motorist Sentenced
The 20-year old woman motorist, who admitted knocking down cyclists on Tamaki Drive last September, was today sentenced but got no custodial punishment. In the...
The Ups And Downs Of Train Travel - Do We Need Rules?
Dashing down the escalator at Britomart the other night in a mad hurry, I realised that train travel is still a new thing for many Aucklanders who have not experienced...
Newmarket Tragedy: Man Falls Under Train, Dies
A man has died at Newmarket West after apparently disembarking a train and falling on the tracks. Early reports say the elderly man was dragged under the train...
In Melbourne, they surf on the back of trains - and angrily confront guards (videos, audio)
Two crazy stories out of Melbourne. Front page of the Herald Sun (to watch go to link in story to the left) First check out this video of a 19 year old caught on...
The Day The Trains Went Backwards
Tonight Auckland’s trains set a new high-speed record. The 5.33pm main rush hour Westbound-train leaving Britomart to go to Swanson took exactly an hour -...
Have a nice trip? No we don’t mean it and BTW, we’re watching you!
The biggest growth section in the Veoila rail company section has to be their their signage department. Since January, they must have hired dozens of signwriters...
Suspicious package causes train chaos: usual lack of communication
CHAOS: Long delays and usual confusion at Britomart tonight UPDATE: The police blew up the package - no bomb. “At least it’s not our fault -...
Mad Machines Attack City Shoppers!
It’s like a scene out of a cult horror movie. These are the new Daleks exterminating rubbish. 5.30pm on Auckland’s main Queen St. People like me rushing...
ARTA replies on station safety: “We’re thinking about it but no decision”
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority has now commented on this earlier post about how potentially dangerous some train stations are at night with poor lighting...
We get flashy trains - but welcome to Gangsta’s Paradise
Now the dust has settled on the Government’s decision to buy Auckland’s much-needed electric trains, comes the scary realisation it’s a half-deal. Along...
