A bus union leader is leading calls for a bicycle registration scheme to discourage riders from running red lights and pedestrian crossings.

This week, Herald health reporter and commuter cyclist Martin Johnston will drive to work for a motorist's view - five of his colleagues who usually drive, will bike.

Cycling deaths on Auckland's roads reinforce a need for faster action on critical transport projects, says the city's chamber of commerce.

Cycle deaths on Auckland's roads reinforce the 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.

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.

The number of road deaths over the Christmas-New Year holiday period edged one higher than last year following a motorcyclist death yesterday afternoon.

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.

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.

New drink limits are far from a harsh crackdown. It is a step that finds the Govt in tune with the level of drink-driving that most people here and abroad think acceptable.

New laws for child seats in cars come into effect today, but police will be taking a discretionary approach while parents get to grips with the rules.

Texting, reading magazines, eating and applying makeup are among the top 10 driver distractions, an AA Insurance survey has found.

A zero road toll this Labour weekend would break a 36-year record, but police say it's not just the number of fatalities they want to cut.

Police have been blitzing schools at bell time to make sure parents are prepared for carseat law changes.