"NIH syndrome runs deep in GDS. They commissioned their own typeface [1] with tax payer's funds and then refused to make it available to the public."

Erm. Not true. GDS did not commission Transport or New Transport.

Transport is a font from the 50s. New Transport is a refined digital version of that from Calvert and Kubel. GDS didn't commission it or cause it to be created in any way. They were just the first web site to use it.