Firstly, welcome to our 60th edition! For this one we thought we would touch on what four countries are doing with charging and changes in technology. Enjoy!

Wishing everyone a good start to the week and hope everyone had a good weekend. Was amazing weather here in New Zealand...although slightly cold.

There's a version of this newsletter I could have written in about four minutes. It goes: Luxembourg made public transport free, ridership soared, emissions fell, why can't we be more like Luxembourg. It would have read well.

A slightly different article this week. We have a good transport friend in San Franciso and over the weekend we had a 20 min chat on robotaxis and what has been happening in both San Franciso and more broadly the USA.

Rising seas are forcing the hardest questions in infrastructure to be answered first - in the smallest places. Spend enough time working on transport in the Pacific and you start to notice the same thing on almost every island.

Every efficient new car is good for the climate and for the household budget. However, it's also quietly draining the fund that keeps our roads open.

Labour's proposal to cap public transport at $20 a week in our main centres - and $10 everywhere else - has done what good cost-of-living policy is meant to do: it's clear, it's relatable, and it gives people a number they can picture in...

We have spent a bit of time thinking about Uzbekistan recently. This is for a few reasons: The Stans (well at least some of them) are fast becoming very competitive host nations for sports.

Just a short article this week:) While fuel prices are having a massive impact globally, it's interesting to see that this 'financial shock' has achieved more than some of the public transport business cases we have worked on.

"Filling up at the petrol station is definitely becoming painful" - my wife said to me as we filled up our car yesterday "anything you think can realistically be done in the short term...or long term for that matter?" Good question and one...

Having recently used Thailand's public transport system we can say this... Bangkok has quietly become one of Asia’s most dynamic public transport cities.

I will be travelling to Thailand this December for the Southeast Asian Games. While the role is sport governance, I can’t help but keep my transport planner hat on. Major events like this are a fascinating for urban mobility planners!

Congestion charging is no longer a distant concept for New Zealand—it’s on the legislative books, and Auckland is set to lead the way. The goal? Like most transport goals - Reduce congestion, cut emissions, and make urban mobility smarter.

After spending a week in Beijing for sport, and now back in New Zealand, I realized what a shock cars travelling through pedestrian crossings was - even when the pedestrian signal was green and the traffic light was red.

We have the pleasure of being in Kaunas, Lithuania this week for World Pentathlon Executive Board meetings, and a World Championship.

We are currently working on a Heavy Vehicle EV project and it got us thinking about the impacts of trucks on or networks.

New Zealand’s freight network has an important role to play in the country's economy, with over 93% of freight by weight is moved by road.

We thought we would focus on public transport in Commonwealth Countries today. While Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom share common goals in transport planning, their approaches differ significantly due to policy frameworks,...

"This week as its King's Birthday, we thought we would share an article from our Substack Transitonomics Newsletter.

We have recently looked at new public transport operating models in the Middle East (specifically Iraq and Saudi).