Amusingly, with the launch of the new Herald sustainability magazine Element, I seem to be getting all the car and transport gigs. (Well, it’s funny to me as I have neither a car nor a work commute, though I guess no-one would actually know that. I don’t think the editor does.)

I do spend a lot of time comparing Auckland’s transport network unfavourably with those of other cities, though. The first story on the introduction of all-electric cars to our fair isles was in Element’s launch issue, here, and the next, on Auckland’s transport congestion, here.

I don’t wish to sound smug, but I can’t remember the last time I was in a traffic jam. Oh wait — actually, I am OK with sounding smug on that one small point, as I’m usually the person waiting 20 minutes for one of Auckland’s ghost buses, or experiencing a damp near-death by SUV at the Ponsonby Road pedestrian crossing because when it rains in Auckland, the road rules are replaced with THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE.

So I am basically The Young Ones‘ Neil, in a lady suit. Just an umbrella and that large chip on my shoulder to keep me motivated.