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Lack of child safety astonishes police
Plunket and police were disappointed to find 22 children aged under 5 not properly restrained in vehicles during a police operation in Auckland yesterday.

Mark Bracey: Make people, not cars, the priority
Roads are for everyone and road rules were made for all road users.

Bus driver faces booze charge
A bus driver carrying passengers in rush hour traffic was arrested for drink-driving after an alarmed motorist called police.

Aratere - back, but hardly shipshape
The beleaguered Interislander ferry Aratere cancelled another sailing this morning - in what is only its second day back in service after a 3-month refurbishment.

No plain sailing for troubled Aratere
It returned to service yesterday after eight months - and the troubled ferry Aratere has had a sailing today cancelled.

Passenger: Bus firm left me in lurch
A bus passenger has accused the Nakedbus company of abandoning her when weather conditions terminated her bus route to the Bay of Islands.

Busway extension left out of $815m plan
Auckland's successful Northern Busway has been set back by a Government decision to exclude an extension to Albany from an $815 million package.

Aratere ferry finally back in action
For the first time in eight months the Interislander ferry Aratere will cross the Cook Strait.

Ask Phoebe: What owners get for their annual dog licence fees
What exactly does Auckland Council use dog registration fees for?

Tolls option as council wields axe
Aucklanders will be given clear choices, including tolls and congestion charges, to pay for big transport projects in a black budget being partly unveiled today.

Uber drivers face UK criminal case as cabbies try to block app
Local taxi drivers in London are trying to block the approval of Uber's app, which connects passengers with cars, by filing criminal proceedings against six Uber drivers.

Fuel deals key lure for motorists
Petrol price is driving people to service stations that offer discounts or savings schemes - and more commuters are taking public transport.

Brian Rudman: AT's shuttle just the ticket for us all
Critics have been demanding AT abandon its exclusive $122,000, shuttle trial, and that staff return to catching public buses and trains to suffer like the rest of us, writes Brian Rudman.

Inspectors to wear cameras
Ticket inspectors on Auckland trains are to be armed with small CCTV cameras on their jackets to combat fare evasion and violence.

Wellington train left station with doors open
A Wellington peak-hour train leaving a station with its doors open and all its passenger staff left on the platform has prompted another reminder from the Government's transport watchdog.

New trains made tardy by controls
Speed controls on Auckland's new electric trains have affected punctuality between Onehunga and Britomart, where the first three have run since late April.

MediaWorks eyes rail link compensation
TV3 owner MediaWorks Holdings is opposing Auckland Transport in the Environment Court over conditions for the $2.86 billion City Rail Link.

Interislander deny Peters' claims
Interislander management have refuted claims by NZ First leader Winston Peters that the ferry Aratere has blown an engine on its return voyage from Singapore.

Teen's 6km walk in storm
A 14-year-old was forced to walk home in a storm after his Hop card was blocked - but his father insists it had more than $20 credit on it.

Landlords fight rules for rail link
Noise, vibration, trouble sleeping, turning a popular part of Auckland's waterfront and the busy Albert St into a construction site for years and pedestrian and vehicle disruption.

Bus lane eyed for eco cars
Allowing electric cars in bus and high-occupancy vehicle lanes is being suggested to encourage more drivers to take advantage of renewable power generation.

Uber is worth nearly as much as Hertz, Avis combined
Uber, the on-demand ride service has raised a $1.2 billion venture capital round that values it at $17 billion. That makes it more than rental-car giants Hertz Global Holdings or Avis Budget Group.

Council rejects $75m offer for carpark
The Auckland Council has rejected a $75 million offer for the Downtown carpark - with the CEO saying it's 'not currently for sale'.

Surprise bid for prime CBD parking spot
The operators of Tournament Parking have made a surprise offer of $75 million today to buy the downtown carpark from Auckland Council.

'Extraordinary' heroism
Marzena Simpson says she's not a hero for helping to save the life of a wheelchair-bound woman stuck on train tracks - but two awards for bravery say otherwise.