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Shuttle saw few takers this week
A controversial shuttle service for Auckland Transport staff was little used this week.

Battle over commuters' city parking
Residents' groups ringing central Auckland are ganging up on the city's transport authority to banish commuter parking from their streets.

Brian Rudman: About-face verges on laughable
Bad loser to the end, AT has finally caved in and admitted it was all bluster, writes Brian Rudman. It has no power to force neighbouring residents to mow AT's adjacent roadside berm.

Car-poolers show their hand
Simon Soulsby's car-pool passengers have taken to flashing three-finger salutes at officers after he received two $150 tickets for driving in a high-priority lane.

New ad campaign for cyclists' safety
Gruesome images of the mangled bike on which an Auckland man died under a truck will be followed by an advertising campaign designed to "humanise" cyclists.

Auckland cycle safety efforts 'too slow'
"A hippopotamus would be faster." Auckland Transport is being accused of dragging the chain in its provision of facilities to make cycling safer.

$1b Auckland freight corridor opposed
Bulldozing 500 affordable homes to make way for a $1b freight corridor through South Auckland has been ruled a 'non-starter' by Auckland mayor Len Brown.

Electric trains are coming your way
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.

Green signs trivial matter: Council
Auckland's street signs will be changing colour - but a council organisation says it was too "trivial" a matter to consult the public over.

Senior council workers in probe
A corruption inquiry at Auckland Transport has widened as a manager under suspicion has gone on sick leave.

AA blasts red-light camera delays
Bureaucrats are being accused of risking lives by dithering over policy guidelines for posting cameras at the country's most dangerous intersections to stop drivers running red lights.

Parking clampdown stalls
Councillors baulk at the prospect of unleashing wardens in public reserves.

CCOs' seeds of potential budding into progress
Special report: In the final of a two-part report, Bernard Orsman looks at how the seven Auckland Council-controlled Organisations are shaping up in their duties for the Super City's 1.3 million residents.

Auckland bus strike averted
NZ Bus says driver unions have this afternoon lifted their notice of a day-long strike on Monday against its Auckland bus fleet, the region's largest.