Transport
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Travel Top 50
All aboard for our fast-paced tour of the finest hotel openings, boats, planes and rolling stock setting agenda in the world of travel and hospitality.
Asia
China ushers in a new age of seaplane travel as Vietnam attempts to wean its citizens off their scooters.
Urbanism
We talk to New York’s chief planner Carl Weisbrod. Plus: can you measure the happiness of a whole city?
Tasmania: buoyant business
Monocle Films meets a world-class ship builder that’s staying afloat despite being adrift in far-flung Tasmania. Incat’s prized vessels have set records for speed but it’s the island’s skilled workers that keep the company…
Transport design: full steam ahead
Japan’s long-distance trains are entering a new era of luxury and innovation. Monocle visits the industrial and interior designers who are redefining train travel.
Asia
Learn a few moves from China’s “dancing grannies” and find out how the volume is being turned down on Hong Kong’s tramcars.
Europe
The German city that is a favourite among twilight types and how e-bikes will help to ease traffic in Belgium.
Africa/Middle East
Off-grid solar energy in Africa and new housing for low-income families in Saudi Arabia.
On the move
From bus to bike to car, how we get around is changing and evolving in surprising ways. Who are the interesting innovators developing the networks of the future? Monocle Films set up a global…
