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Gondola Fever Strikes Queenstown!
Like the Otago Gold Rush of the 19th Century, its 21st Century counterpart, the gondola rush, has come to town in Queenstown. What is it and will it…
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The state of the rails across Aotearoa
A quick rundown on the state of the rails across the motu in the lead-up to the 2025 budget on 22 May 2025
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Fares fair in the Sunshine State?
50 cent flat fares have been made permanent for urban public transport networks state-wide in Queensland, Australia. But what has been their impact?
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The state of the rails across Aotearoa
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Nine public transport lessons from Perth
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Time to level the playing field for inter regional public transport in Aotearoa
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Wherefore now with KiwiRail
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Perth's Rail Journey - from (near) zero to hero
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Six ideas to secure Te Huia's Future
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Wherefore now with KiwiRail
It's been a rough ride of late for KiwiRail with plenty of bad news but also some glimmers of hope. So what's going on with rail in New Zealand? Read on…
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Sydney vs Melbourne - who has the best regional rail?
Sydney and Melbourne, as Australia's only 5 million + cities, are traditional rivals. But which one has the best regional rail network? Read on for my…
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Nine public transport lessons from Perth
Perth is a very sprawly, low-density, car-oriented city. Yet it has great public transport. What follows are nine lessons we can take from Perth in…
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The South Island is still Aotearoa's forgotten island
The South Island's public transport networks deserves some love, including in Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown, as well as a revived Southerner…
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How the Northwest was lost & may be won
The Northwest has always been Auckland's public transport Cinderella, rarely invited to the public funding ball. How did this come about and what is the…
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Some fine ideas for making Aotearoa safer
Aotearoa has one of the worst road safety records in the developed world. Australia is doing quite a bit better. What can we learn from our Aussie…
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Six ideas to secure Te Huia's Future
With Te Huia now having funding secure through to 2026, now is the time to secure its future as a permanent service. Here are six ideas on how to do…
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Adventures in Transitland
Adventures in Transitland
Musings about public transport and other cool stuff in Aotearoa/ New Zealand and around the globe.
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Better things are possible
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NZ Transit Buzz
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