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![Peter Lyons: Production suffers thanks to shoddy rail service](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Peter Lyons: Production suffers thanks to shoddy rail service
One of New Zealand's most enduring works of fiction is the Auckland rail timetable, writes Peter Lyons. I ventured back on to the trains last week after being banned several years ago.
![Half Moon Bay commuters cry foul over ferry-service priorities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Half Moon Bay commuters cry foul over ferry-service priorities
New Hobsonville and Beach Haven ferry services have fuelled frustration among hundreds of southeast Auckland commuters about delays to a $12 million upgrade.
![Inner-city rail link delay 'untenable'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Inner-city rail link delay 'untenable'
Auckland Council's chief planner says he wants the inner-city rail link completed by 2021, despite the Government saying there is a stronger case for building it almost a decade later.
![Ask Phoebe: Weekend overnighters at bus parks accepted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ask Phoebe: Weekend overnighters at bus parks accepted
I intend to go into Auckland using the Albany Park and Ride and taking the bus into the city.
![Businessman declares 'war' on cyclists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Businessman declares 'war' on cyclists
David Ware, managing director of publicly listed mobile radio company TeamTalk, wrote an editorial in the latest company newsletter railing against cyclists.
![Cyclists win support for bridge path](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cyclists win support for bridge path
Walkers and cyclists are jubilant at winning Auckland Council committee support yesterday for a harbour bridge pathway, but face another workout before a final council sign-off.
![Ask Phoebe: Dust-up over seal for fringe roads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ask Phoebe: Dust-up over seal for fringe roads
Many of us live alongside dusty unsealed roads, in many cases just a few kilometres from city suburbs.
![Harbour bridge SkyPath moves a step closer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Harbour bridge SkyPath moves a step closer
Plans to sling a walking and bike path under the Auckland Harbour Bridge have become a preferred choice of the Transport Agency, provided it is paid for by tolls.
![Bypass plan horrifies residents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bypass plan horrifies residents
Hundreds of homes are in the firing line of a new arterial road for South Auckland - of which the first section alone is costed at almost $250 million.
![Employers wary of public transport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Employers wary of public transport
Employers are rejecting migrant job-seekers without cars as they have little faith in public transport delivering them to work on time, Auckland Transport has been told.
![Ask Phoebe: Site spruce-up scheduled as Newmarket work ends](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ask Phoebe: Site spruce-up scheduled as Newmarket work ends
Between the Market Rd overbridge and Newmarket Viaduct, there is an area of land on the left of the motorway that has been left to go to seed.
![Election-signs review upsets city politicians](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Election-signs review upsets city politicians
Politicians are upset that an Auckland Transport bylaw may ban mobile election hoardings and put restrictions on others.
!['Expired' drivers take a risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Expired' drivers take a risk
Nearly half a million New Zealand drivers' licences are expired and thousands of motorists are apparently unaware they are breaking the law.
![Safety concerns over bus wheelchair anchors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Safety concerns over bus wheelchair anchors
The Ministry of Education has admitted some school buses may not be suitable for transporting all wheelchair-bound pupils, after it was made aware of a parent's safety concerns.
![Dire stats fuel WoF debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dire stats fuel WoF debate
Kiwi motorists are among the most likely to die on roads, despite having one of the more frequent road-testing regimes in the world, reports show.
![Seniors fear cuts to gold card travel perk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Seniors fear cuts to gold card travel perk
Older Aucklanders fear widespread social harm from cutting back their free public transport entitlement, including to organisations relying heavily on their volunteering efforts.
![Trains get unfair share of money, ferry firm says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trains get unfair share of money, ferry firm says
Auckland ferry operator Sealink says trains are gobbling up too much public money, depriving the two-harbour city of superior water transport.
![Ask Phoebe: City working to resolve thorny issue of cars in parks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ask Phoebe: City working to resolve thorny issue of cars in parks
As you go into the main driveway by the community centre, there are quite obvious yellow dotted lines painted on the driveway on the left-hand side by the kerb.
![WoF savings $159m a year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
WoF savings $159m a year
Motor industry lobbyists say lives and jobs will be lost as a result of changes to the warrant-of-fitness system that will see six-monthly checks become annual inspections for cars registered after 2000.
![Home owners win battle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Home owners win battle
Auckland Transport has quietly dropped a controversial feature of its $2.86 billion underground rail project.
![Editorial: Sensitive rail issue keeping vital harbour tunnel on ice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: Sensitive rail issue keeping vital harbour tunnel on ice
No one seems to doubt Auckland will need another harbour crossing to the North Shore within a generation.
![Parents fear bus changes put children's lives at risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Parents fear bus changes put children's lives at risk
Angry parents in a small coastal town claim changes to a school bus route will put children's lives at risk.