ITS Monday: Edition 4, 2021
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week: COVID public transport patronage, Sweden and the one-minute city, bike boulevards, micromobility 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!
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 …
Not the first article in ITS Monday on traffic congestion and COVID, and it won’t be the last. Data for this article was sourced from TomTom, and the article also includes figures for e-scooter and bicycle use.
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Public transport must have a future after the pandemic
Staying on the topic of public transport patronage, this article is by Professors Corinne Mulley and John Nelson, both of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, in the The University of Sydney Business School.
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How Sweden is taking back parking spaces to improve urban living
An experiment with the ‘one-minute city’ gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists in Sweden.
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What’s a ‘Bike Boulevard’? For now, Mayor de Blasio won’t say, but planners are eager to help
“The bike boulevards, are, I call them super bike friendly,” the mayor said. “They have a variety of treatments that encourage bicycle use and discourage cars. And the vision is to connect areas that need — you know where you have different bike lanes that need connections between them to provide that. So we’ll be having a lot more to say in the coming weeks as we unveil details. … But this is the kind of thing that will make it easier to be a bicyclist in this city — and safer.”
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The role of micro-mobility in shaping sustainable cities: A systematic literature review
A new academic paper, in the Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment journal, authored by Rusul L. Abduljabbar, Sohani Liyanage, and one of iMOVE’s research cohort, the Swinburne University of Technology’s Hussein Dia.
‘Despite valuable research contributions that represent fundamental knowledge on this topic, today’s body of research appears quite fragmented in relation to the role of micro-mobility as a transformative solution for meeting sustainability outcomes in urban environments.’
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A data-led analysis from the Greater Auckland website. ‘There are now mountains of studies that show the single biggest determinant to getting people to ride bikes is the availability of a quality and connected bike network made up of safe infrastructure. This was highlighted even more visually last year during lockdown when the absence of cars created temporary ‘safe’ routes and resulted in huge numbers of people exploring their neighbourhoods by bike.’
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Aust e-bike demand gears up post-lockdown
‘An e-bike sales spike has been attributed to pent-up demand from Australians coming out of lockdown, as purchases nearly doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.’
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.
