ITS Monday: Edition 33, 2026
ITS Monday is a small, weekly collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas. This is the 265th edition to date, and the first for 2026.
Included this week, distance=based charging, when will we see driverless cars on AUS roads, autonomous bus trial, and increased electric bus fleet.
The article headlines below are:
- Tradeable mobility and environmental credits in a push-pull context when distance-based charging is introduced for car use
- Could we have robotaxis by next year?
- Rita brings autonomous bus trials to Australia and NZ
- One state opens new tender for hundreds of electric buses, as another state decides to go diesel
This week’s articles
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Professor David Hensher‘s latest Thinking Outside the Box think piece. He “discusses tradeable Mobility and environmental credits in a push-pull context when distance-based charging (DBC) is introduced for car use. The idea of mobility credits aligned with carbon credits is not new, and markets have been proposed and operated for some time with varying degrees of success.”
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Could we have robotaxis by next year?
Listen to Professor Michael Milford’s 14-minute chat on the ABC. ”
Robotaxis have arrived on the streets of London, San Francisco and Beijing as rideshare companies expand into driverless transport. But the roll out hasn’t been without speedbumps. So, when could we see this innovation in transport arrive in Australia, and are our roads and regulations ready for it?”
Related iMOVE articles:
- Autonomous Driving: Info, Projects & Resources
- Autonomous Driving Technology: Info, Projects & Resources
Related iMOVE projects:
- CAVs and the environment: A cleaner future?
- CAVs and Australians: Attitudes, perceptions, preferences
- Safely deploying automated vehicles on Australian roads
Rita brings autonomous bus trials to Australia and NZ
“NTRO has brought a 15-seat electric autonomous bus to Australia, with Rita set for staged testing before demonstrations and potential in-service trials with transport agencies and operators.”
See RITA in action is this NTRO video: Meet RITA the Robobus
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One state opens new tender for hundreds of electric buses, as another state decides to go diesel
“Victoria’s Labor government has doubled down on its goal of transitioning the entire state to zero-emission buses, just a month after the Queensland LNP government dumped its own plans to go electric and decided to tender for 630 new diesel buses instead.”
Related iMOVE projects:
- Electric school buses for metro & regional WA: Enabling the shift
- FACTS: A Framework for an Australian Clean Transport Strategy
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