With all the hoopla over the new electric trains (and they are indeed wondrous things) one got to thinking - what is going to happen to all the old diesel trains and carriages?

A time limit on holding a learner or restricted driver's licence is being considered among proposed changes to licensing rules.

SkyCity Entertainment Group wants Auckland's InterCity Coachlines station out of its casino headquarters.

New Zealanders are buying more new cars and used imports, but we're also keeping our old vehicles on the road longer.

Interconnected fleets of driverless cars that "talk" to each other should some day make traffic lights redundant, says a guest an international transport conference in Auckland.

An Auckland student was slapped with a parking ticket while he waited for a mechanic to come and fix his car - despite leaving a note explaining his predicament.

Auckland's Mayor explains: Even with the improvements in speed, capacity and service that electric trains will bring, Auckland faces the threat of crippling traffic congestion.

Health researchers lamenting physical inactivity among Auckland's pre-teens - most of whom rely on their parents to drive them about.

A lowered speed enforcement threshold is "no silver bullet", according to the country's top road police officer, following four more road deaths this long weekend.

Traffic is flowing smoothly in and out of the country's main centres as holidaymakers return home from their long Anzac weekend.

Hundreds of invited guests have gathered at Britomart this morning to board the first electric train from the city.

Thousands of train enthusiasts will ride into Auckland transport history when passenger-carrying electric trains roll along the city's rail network for the first time.

New electric trains could become a quiet, fast-moving hazard for the unwary when they start running in Auckland on Monday.

The Easter holiday period has ended with the worst road toll in three years, with four deaths on the country's roads.

Acoustic engineers have been trying to soften the air-conditioning noise on Auckland's new electric trains with a week to go before they are rolled out for commuter use.

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?