Professor Paolo Beria is an associate Professor of Transport Economics from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He’s much more than that too. His work reveals the interplay and complexity embedded in regulating transport infrastructure and services, but also the political decisions that may influence practice overtime. From reading much of his material, his collaborative spirit shows an interest in how transport issues change over time, and assessing the impact of past, present and future decisions. In times of crisis or prosperity, transport economic regulation responds and reflects the time. We talk about the economic regulation of transport markets in Europe and what we can learn.