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One of Vessev’s VS-9 electric hydrofoiling vessels.

Sydney Harbour is getting electric hydrofoils. What’s it like to ‘fly’ in one?

The boats skate up to a metre above the water, using technology honed for the America’s Cup.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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“Parked cars look bad. A pretty street loses appeal if there are endless lines of parked cars.”

I’ve come up with a solution for our parking woes. Not everyone will like it

On-street parking is convenient but it comes at a cost. Are our councils prepared to pay it?

  • Dorina Pojani
Travellers will finally be able to tap on and off trains using phones or bank cards.

Some commuters can finally ditch myki cards. But there are key exceptions

Those on trams and buses will still need a physical card. And myki passes won’t be supported by the new system.

  • Daniella White and Patrick Hatch
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More rail pain for commuters with three weeks of track closures

Read the full details of how train services will be interrupted for key work on rail projects across south-east Queensland.

  • Felicity Caldwell
QR train.

Major train delays as signalling issue impacts rail system

Two lines are primarily affected, though the knock-on effects are also impacting the larger network.

  • Julius Dennis
Matthew Wright (far right) is leading a campaign to make public transport permanently free in Victoria, with help from his niece Maya Wright (middle right) and fellow advocates Andrea Bunting (far left) and Dave Holmes (middle left).

Victorians enjoyed a free ride for two months. That ends on Monday

After two months, public transport is going to cost us money again. But some are making the case to make it free forever.

  • Bridget McArthur
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The hazards of getting a lift

And the perils of politeness on public transport.

Bob Barrett.

Experts spent years trying to change the way people travel. The fuel crisis did it in less than a month

Nearly half of Australians have changed the way they travel since the war in Iran began, but a clear regional and metropolitan divide has appeared.

  • Gemma Grant

A stranger assaulted Hannah on a tram. She may never have reported him if not for this

It was a busy weekday when Hannah spotted a man acting erratically on her train. When she changed to a tram to escape him, he followed, and then assaulted her in broad daylight.

  • Bridget McArthur
Police are appealing for witnesses after several e-bike riders threw rocks at a bus, causing it to crash.

Bus crashes after being pelted with rocks by e-bike riders

Police are searching for a group of e-bike riders who pelted a Gold Coast bus with rocks, causing it to crash into a tree.