ITS Monday: Edition 36, 2025
ITS Monday is a small, weekly collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, Australia’s latest walking and cycling stats, crash data visualisation, Australian EV charging behaviour, and more..
The article headlines below are:
- 2025 National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey
- Australian Crash Data Map
- On-Demand transport: governance, operation, modelling, and integration
- Zoning broke our brains
- Blueprint for Hunter’s transport future released
- A habit persistence model of multiple discrete/continuous demand for evaluating charging behaviour of Australian electric vehicle owners
- 89 bus stops across Tasmania to get accessibility upgrades
- Helsinki trials AI to boost e-scooter safety
This week’s articles
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2025 National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey
The results of Cycling and Walking Australia and New Zealand’s latest survey. “The National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey (NWCPS) is Australia’s most comprehensive and consistent measure of active travel behaviours. Conducted biennially since 2011, the survey provides valuable longitudinal data on how Australians walk, cycle, and increasingly use micromobility options like e-scooters and e-bikes.”
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- Safer cycling infrastructure: Design and policy
- Impacts & community benefits of a regional active travel network
This is a very nice pace of data visualisation work. Right now it only has data for NSW and Victoria, but “more states are coming soon”.
“CrashDash allows everyone to quickly explore where and how crashes occur. Compare places, spot hotspots, and understand trends at a glance.”
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- Crash analytics: eCall capability for faster emergency response
- Large Australian animals and cars: Safety for all
On-Demand transport: governance, operation, modelling, and integration
This Special Issue of Transportation Planning and Technology comprises seven papers that collectively examine the evolving role of On-Demand Transport (ODT), also known as Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) or microtransit, within contemporary mobility systems co-authored by the Institute of Transports and Logistics‘ Chinh Ho and John Nelson.
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A new piece from Andy Boenau’s Urban Speakeasy blog. “The built environment as we know it—buildings and the spaces between—does direct damage to our minds. Land use planning has had devastating impacts on Americans: economically, socially, and culturally. But I’m not a doomer and I know these things are fixable. Not overnight reversible, but certainly fixable.”
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Blueprint for Hunter’s transport future released
“The Hunter Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan was unveiled by Minister for Roads and Minister for Regional Transport Jenny Aitchison in Lake Macquarie on Friday 3 October.”
To download the plan, visit Hunter Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan.
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A new academic paper, co-authored by Andrea Pellegrini and John Rose. The abstract:
This paper introduces a novel habit persistence model of discrete/continuous demand that allows the joint evaluation of the spatial (i.e., location) and temporal (i.e., time of day) dimensions of the charging decision-making process. The model’s habit persistence structure further captures established recharging routines that influence both when and where charging occurs.
The proposed model is applied to data capturing weekly charging activities collected using an online survey disseminated to a sample of EV owners recruited from across Australia between February and March 2024. Results show that charging at home is the most prevalent behaviour, with a strong tendency towards daytime charging largely driven by households with access to residential solar panels.
Workplace charging emerges as a viable alternative to home charging when employers provide free charging and commuting frequency is high. The model also reveals the presence of state dependencies in charging behaviour, indicating that past choices are likely to influence current charging patterns.
The empirical findings are subsequently used to demonstrate how changes in electricity prices can shift charging demand and impact grid load, corroborating the importance of targeted policy interventions to manage the growing energy demand for EVs.
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89 bus stops across Tasmania to get accessibility upgrades
“Bus stops across Tasmania are getting an upgrade to make them more accessible for disabled and vision-impaired passengers, with work underway on 89 shelters across the state. The upgrades include larger concrete waiting areas, ramped access, improved footpaths and drainage and tactile ground markers to assist people who are vision-impaired.”
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Helsinki trials AI to boost e-scooter safety
“The pilot equips 40 Tier-Dott shared e-scooters with AI-powered sensors developed by UK firm See.Sense. The sensors collect live data on rider behaviour and road conditions, including braking, swerving and collisions. The data is analysed to identify high-risk areas and behaviours before accidents occur. French company Vianova is integrating the findings into its Mobility Data Platform to support city-level planning and safety measures.”
Related iMOVE projects:
- AI-powered data dashboard for cycling safety and planning
- Smart bike lights, data, and improved cyclist safety
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