
Bus drivers get taste of road rage
Auckland bus drivers have been given a taste of road rage from a new perspective yesterday - the handlebars of a fleet of hire bikes.
Auckland bus drivers have been given a taste of road rage from a new perspective yesterday - the handlebars of a fleet of hire bikes.
Cycling in Auckland is more dangerous than cycling in Los Angeles, and Kiwis need to develop more tolerant attitudes to cyclists, triathlete Terenzo Bozzone says.
Cycling to work has gained popularity after a decade of declining, according to the latest census - and cycle advocates say it's time infrastructure changed to match.
Day two at the wheel and I've had my first minor incident - with a pedestrian, not a cyclist, writes Martin Johnston.
It was two seconds of indecision and bad judgment from a driver - but it may have cost a promising young cyclist his career.
We all have a story to tell about the time we were driving, and "Just didn't see him", writes Serafin Dillon.
Fist-shaking cyclists who aggressively shout "open your eyes" to apparently bike-blind drivers are sharing in a problem that also worries motorists.
A bus union leader is leading calls for a bicycle registration scheme to discourage riders from running red lights and pedestrian crossings.
Cycling deaths on Auckland's roads reinforce a need for faster action on critical transport projects, says the city's chamber of commerce.
An official Auckland Transport survey reveals the horrifying number of red-light runners at some of the city's busiest intersections - and most were cyclists.
About 10,000 cyclists a year are stopped and fined by police for biking without a helmet.
Bruce Walton knows the pain of losing someone in a car crash and thinks all road users would behave differently if they had seen first-hand the trauma such accidents caused.
John Tangiia never usually cycled, but in a bid to become fitter so he could do more with his disabled son, he biked to an appointment on Tuesday.
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.
On Tuesday I arrived very early on the scene of a cycle versus truck fatality in Auckland, writes Lance Wiggs. The sight of a person lying motionless in the street with mangled bicycle in the background is chilling enough.
Police have released the name of the cyclist killed in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Stanley St and Parnell Rise, Auckland yesterday afternoon.
Bystanders were powerless to save a cyclist at one of Auckland's busiest intersections as police reveal the truckie had a green light and was unaware he'd hit the rider.
A family friendly board game, Reach the Beach, has been created by police and the Accident Compensation Corporation to encourage safer journeys on the roads over summer.
A Facebook page which alerts members to police checkpoints is encouraging drunk drivers to take their chances with all of our lives, police say.
Changes will give riders and pedestrians more dedicated space, writes Phoebe Falconer.
Distinctive new road markings are being rolled out in an attempt to prevent cycling deaths - and video cameras will be watching how people react to them.
Think you're good at judging your own sobriety before you drive? Think again. A new NZ study finds drivers are extremely poor judges of their own sobriety.
Police will this summer enforce the 4km/h speed ticket threshold for 62 days in a row - a move that could spell the end of the 10km/h speed tolerance.
Police have warned summer drivers caught over the reduced speed tolerance of 4km/h in December and January to be prepared for the consequences.
A vehicle has lost a load of metal and damp concrete on State Highway 2 this morning, between the intersection of Welcome Bay Rd and the Affco meat works at Rangiuru.
Middle-aged men appear to be the group most at risk of being killed cycling, and wearing high-visibility clothing is no guarantee of survival.
A cyclist's death on Auckland's Tamaki Drive has been blamed by a coroner on several factors including the woman's own actions and the road's layout.