ITS Monday: Edition 8, 2024
A small, weekly collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, public health and public transport, families cost of Aus transport, the life of EV batteries, e-buses for northern NSW, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- Investing in public transit is investing in public health
- The most affordable cities for transport and how much people are paying for fuel
- Pittsburgh officials recommit to goal of zero traffic related deaths
- US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’
- What happens to old electric car batteries?
- America’s 4th-densest city has wiped out traffic fatalities by taking a page from Sweden and eliminating parking spots
- NSW partners with Kinetic for latest regional zero-emissions bus trial
And just in case you hadn’t caught it yet, we have a recent 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
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Investing in public transit is investing in public health
The article title tells you a lot, but the source is perhaps from a direction other than your regular transport channels. The author is Aroub Yousuf, a first-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, previously she was a student at Boston College where she studied philosophy and environmental studies.
“One major, and sometimes overlooked, solution to reducing car pollution is already available to us: public transportation. Electrifying vehicles is still important. But choosing to ride a bus or train as opposed to a car yields substantial benefits for the individual, community, and environment.”
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The most affordable cities for transport and how much people are paying for fuel
“Data from the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) shows the cost of transport for Australian households hasn’t increased much in the past three months. But transport costs are still high, the association says — and they change depending on where you are.”
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Pittsburgh officials recommit to goal of zero traffic related deaths
“As traffic-related deaths continue to climb nationwide and in the city of Pittsburgh, officials recommitted to a “vision zero” plan Monday afternoon, with the goal of achieving zero traffic fatalities.”
US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’s
“Roads, roads and more roads. The US is continuing to spend billions of dollars on expanding enormous highways rather than fund public transport, with a landmark infrastructure bill lauded by Joe Biden only further accelerating the dominance of cars at the expense, critics say, of communities and the climate.”
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What happens to old electric car batteries?
“So what will happen to your old electric car battery when you eventually replace it? And where does your EV battery end up if it is damaged in a car accident?”
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“For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.”
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NSW partners with Kinetic for latest regional zero-emissions bus trial
“Transport for New South Wales has unveiled a $25 million project to operate battery electric buses on school routes in the Tweed and Armidale regions as part of the state’s transition to zero-emissions public transport.”
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