ITS Monday: Edition 16, 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, safer city streets, car-free superblocks, the costs of parking, charger anxiety, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- It’s easy to design safer streets. City planners just need to care
- Car-free superblock pioneer’s vision for Melbourne – and the one thing he forbids
- Love free parking? Don’t get too comfortable
- Melbourne cycling infrastructure plan risks getting stuck in low gear if feeder networks not considered: new research
- Range anxiety – or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they don’t trust public chargers
This week’s articles
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 …
It’s easy to design safer streets. City planners just need to care
“Drivers respond to the built environment much the same way water responds to a riverbed. The shape, width, and surface conditions of the riverbed determine the water’s speed, turbulence, and direction. Likewise, the width of a road, presence of visual cues, curvature, intersections, and surrounding land use dictate how fast, aggressively, or cautiously people drive.”
Related iMOVE articles:
Related iMOVE projects:
- Speed and safety evaluation of shared spaces in NSW
- New technologies to engage the community/improve road safety
Car-free superblock pioneer’s vision for Melbourne – and the one thing he forbids
“Global urban planning expert Salvador Rueda told an RMIT University roundtable event on Tuesday that Melbourne’s grid design and tram network made it suited to superblocks, and land close to train stations could be their starting point because “you don’t need the car, practically”.”
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Love free parking? Don’t get too comfortable
“Experts like Taylor argue that just because a motorist doesn’t pay for parking, it doesn’t make it free – there is the cost of land, construction, lost opportunity for other uses and even time searching for a space. They say that in the end, it is ratepayers subsidising drivers, who might not live in their council area.”
Related iMOVE projects:
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“A new study highlights how far Melbourne still has to go in becoming a cycling city, warning the state government’s plan for strategic cycling corridors must be complemented by local government efforts to make local streets safer for cyclists.”
Related iMOVE articles:
- Active Transport: Info, Projects & Resources
- Micromobility: Info, Projects & Resources
- Road Safety: Info, Projects & Resources
“What’s really going on is charger anxiety – the question of whether you can find somewhere reliable to recharge when you’re away from home. Australia’s public chargers are not common enough or reliable enough to give motorists certainty they can find a place to recharge.”
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