ITS Monday: Edition 24, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, the policy handbrake on EV take-up in Australia, NSW CAV bus trials, NZ and transport emissions, big hydrogen truck order, 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
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It’s fair to say that in terms of uptake of electric vehicles, Australia is a laggard. This article in The Conversation by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics at The University of Queensland explores the history, economics, policies (or lack of) to date, and the incentives on offer for the current federal government to shift gears on a shift to electric vehicles.
Related iMOVE project: Electric vehicles: Supporting uptake, investigating smart charging
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TfNSW seeks expressions of interest for automated bus trial
“The state government is investing $5 million in the Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Bus Trial as it seeks to accelerate the use of autonomous vehicles in the state.” More details available at the Transport for NSW On-Road CAV Bus Trial page.
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Transport and energy feature in NZ’s first climate adaptation plan
“New Zealand’s first climate adaptation plan lays the foundations for resilience and suggests action to address risks including protecting lives, livelihoods, homes, businesses and infrastructure.”
The government document can be read at: Adapt and thrive: Building a climate-resilient New Zealand – New Zealand’s first national adaptation plan
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5,000 hydrogen-powered trucks purchased in ‘low single-digit’ billion euro deal
“German-headquartered GP Joule announced on Monday (August 8) it will purchase 5,000 40 tonne hydrogen-powered trucks from Clean Logistics over the next five years in a ‘low-single-digit billion euro deal.”
On the topic of hydrogen and heavy transport, we’ve uploaded the video of last week’s iMOVE webinar. Watch it at: VIDEO: Hydrogen in transport: Progress and next steps
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The way’s being paved for communities to reshape their streets
In the last article for this week, we return to New Zealand. “The Government is proposing the Reshaping Streets programme which would allow councils to trial changes to street layouts, speed limits and vehicle access, without going through “outdated” 50-year-old rules.”
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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