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.

I've just come back from Rarotonga, where I had the pleasure of sitting down with several members of the team at CISNOC (the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee).

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.

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.

The very intelligent people at the Asian Transport Observatory (ATO) project that annual transport infrastructure investment in the Asia-Pacific will triple between 2020 and 2035. Yay!

With a large number of countries having recently prepared or - currently preparing - Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), especially in the Pacific, it is worth spending some time looking at what NDCs are and how they are impacting...

We have meetings this week with the Cook Islands Olympic Committee (CISNOC), as well as several Government officials.

I must admit I do like Valentine's Day. The history of the day has Ancient Roman Origins, and even the legend of St Valentine's himself is shrouded in mystery. He is either an Advocate for Love or a Priest who defied Emperor Claudius II.

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" Fourteen months ago, we had the pleasure of a 10 day trip to Bali, Indonesia.