ITS Monday: Edition 12, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, Hensher thoughts, cost of commuting, carbon neutral shipping, e-scooter city safety, and more.
And just in case you hadn’t caught it yet, we have a new series of interviews with transport professionals – Effects of COVID on the transport sector – what they see now, what they would like to happen post-pandemic, and what they think will happen. If you’d like to be join this conversation, drop us a line!
This week’s articles
Now, scroll down, and see what’s in this week’s edition. Oh, and before you do, be sure check out the quickest way to receive our new content via the subscription box just below …
Thinking public transport, electric cars and the roads we drive on
A brief but wide-ranging interview with the ITLS’ Founding Director, Professor David Hensher. Amongst his quotes in this, “I think we need to bring in the soft sciences more – sociologists, psychologists, ecologists. People who would bring very different perspectives and solutions.”
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Melbourne drivers reveal the true cost of their daily commute
A story that’s been done many, many times over the years, but it’s an interesting comparison in a situation in which petrol is best part of $2 a litre. Yes this story is about Melbourne, but it’s a scenario in any large Australian city.
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Cut public transport fares, urges state’s top infrastructure adviser
Again yes, this is a Melbourne story, but again it could, indeed it is, a discussion that is being had in many places. Is this the way to keep public transport healthy? The organisation calling for change in this instance is Infrastructure Victoria.
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Carbon neutral shipping – it all comes down to green hydrogen, and lots of it
Hydrogen on the high seas. University of Sydney’s Professor Michael Bell “… discusses why, out of the most popular options for carbon neutral fuels for shipping, green hydrogen is the most viable option being both economically and environmentally sound.”
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Some buses on Melbourne’s 683, 685, 686 and 687 bus routes are to be fitted with bike racks on the front of the bus. It’s only two bikes per rack, but, a good start on this connection between public and active transport, yes?
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How e-scooters can safely operate in a city
“Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present a framework for comparing how different micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, and bicycles move in cities, a methodology that can benefit companies and local authorities alike, and — most importantly — contribute to improving traffic safety.”
And if you’d like to have a look at the research itself here you go: A data-driven framework for the safe integration of micro-mobility into the transport system: Comparing bicycles and e-scooters in field trials
READ THE ARTICLEThe idea behind ITS Monday was in part driven by our ITS Weekly Roundup, an email newsletter we send each Friday (subscribe to that here, plus/or our monthly iMOVE newsletter!). That newsletter contains a substantial number of links, and sometimes I think interesting content could be lost in the mix. I also see quite a lot of interesting content on social media (yes, you can follow us on Linkedin and Twitter). So every week I’ll collect a few things, and put them in ITS Monday.
*Inclusion in ITS Monday does not equal iMOVE endorsement. It’s more aimed at discovery, thought, or discussion … or all of those and more. And while for the most part I expect content to be current, a little age doesn’t mean diminished interest.
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