On 1 October, four road rules changed in New Zealand. There wasn't too much flair just legislative changes were made based on feedback and research - probably a good thing!

We are back in New Zealand this week and came home to the opening of the CRL...exciting times! This week's article focus on CRL and what other examples around the world can teach us for the city of sails.

I have just come back from three weeks in China, in Guiyang, Beijing and Guangzhou. I was there through sport rather than through work, which turned out to be the better way to see a transport network.

Every few months a photo of the Suroboyo Bus does a lap of LinkedIn. Passengers boarding with bags of empty plastic bottles, paying their fare in waste. It is a genuinely good idea and the coverage is uniformly warm.

Most options assessments start with the answer already in them. Not deliberately. Nobody sits down to rig a business case.

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.

On 9 July 2026, NZTA published its Major Transport Projects Pipeline. Depending on which headline you read that week, this was either "Transport pipeline provides certainty" or "Govt pulls flagship roading projects into the slow lane."...

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...

"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...

“Every hour stuck in traffic is an hour lost to productivity, family time, and economic growth.

Fun fact for today. The term Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) was first coined in 2014 in Finland by the wonderful Sampo Heikkila.

We spent time this week reading the KPMG report on a global reset in infrastructure. Its clear that as we move towards 2030, the transport sector is undergoing a profound transformation.

Last week we were on a call with a person who has been an Olympic Athlete in two sports.

We were recently looking at cycling infrastructure in the Middle East, and it got us thinking about how creating a green network, where cycling isn't a standalone mode, is key to success.

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.

We are a fan of Bus Rapid Transit, even though our hometown is Melbourne which has one of the largest Light Rail (tram) systems in the world!

Having recently spent time in the Cook Islands, the purpose of the trip was sport related, I’ve been reflecting on how transport systems can better serve local communities, visitors, and the environment.

Today, we thought we would look at how public transport fares in NZL and Aus compare to other parts of the world, and what impacts price.