The New…

How can we finance transport projects in future? By Land Value Capture. What new financing options best serve a low carbon, sustainable future for our roads and transit systems, and can they be exported without impoverishing others?

When you monetise the road spectrum you suddenly have real trillions. What financing options best serve a low carbon, sustainable future for roads and transit systems? How do automakers navigate this new reality?

The Paradox of Liveable Cities — pedestrianised but with access. How can city and regional mayors implement congestion pricing? Is the CBD an outdated concept in very large cities, and why have more cars and more roads historically reduced mobility?

Architecture and urban planning as mobility design. What does a new city streetscape look like with congestion pricing—superblocks, wide boulevards, or narrow streets? What did the Soviets get right with point-to-point designs, and what can we learn from new cities and adapted newer cities?

Financing big events like concerts and sports fixtures with a Transit Exchange. As people pay more for experiences than things, what can an 800-year-old city with an industrial and seafaring past (Liverpool) teach us about the emerging experiential economy?

What will the venture landscape look like post-COVID? How do innovation pipelines, capital formation, and founder/operator dynamics change after a major macro shock?

Location, GeoLocation, CoLocation. What new models of housing ownership are possible when access is 80% of everything? New models for home ownership and area equity (e.g., Rent2Own), positioned to appeal to Gen Z and Gen Alpha without functioning as punitive redistribution.