Police hope to keep this year's Easter road toll at three as they crack down on speeding, distracted and alcohol-fuelled drivers as holiday makers head home.

It is conceivable that one day, the Labour Party's plan to ban trucks from the fast lane on three- and four-lane motorways will be implemented.

A woman had to be saved from raging floodwaters in north Otago as a wild Easter storm ripped through the South Island, blowing roofs off houses and demolishing buildings.

Labour's truck ban could cover 0.7 per cent or 7 per cent of New Zealand's motorways - depending on who you listen to.

Police are urging all motorists to heed their "drive to survive" message over the Easter break.

Q: Are there any plans to adjust how traffic merges onto the Northern Motorway from the Wellington St on-ramp?

New Labour Party transport policies have been met with a mix of praise and scepticism.

Labour admits its new transport policies - scrapping trucks from fast lanes and motorhome rego fees - are 'small', while the Transport Minister labelled them a 'joke'.

While paying a small fine at the local library for an overdue book, I started wondering - does the council keep figures on how much money in library fines it gets and, if so, what do they use the money for?

Transport planners were accused yesterday of trying to limit access to an 18.5-kilometre extension of Auckland's Northern Motorway to make it easier to toll drivers.

Trucking companies say they are being forced to import drivers from overseas because of a desperate shortage of Kiwis.

Warkworth's maddening turnoff to eastern beaches will be worsened by a $760 million motorway extension past the town, a retired senior engineer warned a board of inquiry yesterday.

Auckland Council is under fire from business groups to speed-up work and funding for an east-west road freight corridor between Mt Wellington and Onehunga.

After the furore over the change in aircraft flight paths over Auckland, I still have not seen any result, writes a reader.

Plans for one of the country's most expensive transport projects - a $760m extension of Auckland's motorway network - will go under the microscope today.

Police communications staff who incorrectly blamed a truck driver for causing a smash on the Southern Motorway have confirmed they never checked the crash file.

Recently I got into an argument - well, let's call it a free and frank exchange of views - about sewage holding tanks on boats.

Police are launching a month-long blitz on red light runners on Auckland roads. After an eight-week Auckland Transport "red means stop" warning campaign, police have begun cracking down on drivers who still haven't got the message.

I recently posted a "return to sender" letter which started me thinking about who owned that letter: me, the postal service, the sender, or the unknown (to me) addressee.

Auckland rail patronage is at a record high, but transport officials are scratching their heads over a 16 per cent fall in ferry trips last month.