ITS Monday: Edition 29, 2022

Dott-See.Sense London trial

Results in a 2021 trial, in which share e-scooter provide DOTT used See.Sense GPS SUMMIT (Sensor Unlocked Micro-Mobility Insight Technology) devices were used to show how DOTT’s “… e-scooters and e-bikes could be used to improve road safety for all micromobility users.” Click through for data analysis and results of the trial.

See.Sense is of course also working with iMOVE on our Light Insight Trial (LiT): Smart bike lights data and road safety project.

Who worked at home before the pandemic?

The latest post from Chris Loader’s Charting Transport blog. “Can we learn anything from pre-pandemic working-at-home patterns that will help us predict transport demand “after” the pandemic?”

See all of iMOVE’s projects and articles in the area of Home Working from Home.

As Melbourne’s west grows, poor bus services are forcing residents to rely on cars

This story begins with anecdotes from residents of the area, and then shifts into an interview with John Stone, a senior lecturer in transport planning at the University of Melbourne. Using computer modelling, Dr Stone and his team “… see what would happen if they threw out the current bus system and started again — and they were surprised with the results.”

‘We haven’t seen this since the early 2000s’: Fears transport may falter as population powers past

Staying in the area of transport problems and city growth, but shifting north to Brisbane. “University of Queensland population geographer Elin Charles-Edwards said analysis had shown even if CBD employees limited their travel from suburbs – for example, by working from home one day a week – the cohort was a small share of the total employed population in Brisbane, and therefore, there would be little effect.”

Related iMOVE content: All of our projects and content in the area of Working from Home

What It’ll Take to Get Electric Planes off the Ground

“The lithium-ion battery is good for moving cars short distances, but aviation requires longer-lasting power. Maybe we need to try other elements.”

Related iMOVE content: Experiments on consumer preferences for sustainable airlines

Risky business: Comparing the riding behaviours of food delivery and private bicycle riders

A new academic paper, from authors Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, Elisabeth Rubie, and Narelle Haworth, all from the Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q). “There is increasing evidence that delivery riding is an occupation with significant road safety risks because work pressures encourage risky behaviours. However, there is little or no research that directly compares delivery and private riders. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the impact of riding for work by comparing the observable riding behaviours of food delivery and private bicycle riders.”

Aussie EV start-up scraps IPO plans as Japanese giant invests

“Suzuki Motors has taken a strategic stake in Melbourne-based vehicle maker Applied EV, paving the way for the Japanese automobile giant to use the Australian technology as part of Suzuki’s push into the global electric- and autonomous vehicle markets.”

Western Australia electric vehicle charger map

The Western Australian government’s map of “Intended charging station locations as part of the Western Australian Government’s electric vehicle fast charging network”. For more on just exactly what is intended, and when, see “I’ve been everywhere:” WA releases map of 45 new EV charging sites.

Congestion charge, parking levy among ideas to get Wellingtonians out their cars

“The recommended option proposed by LGWM’s latest report on behaviour change to discourage car use is set to be considered by the Wellington City Council on Thursday, and is expected to create 14 jobs, and cost $52m over the next decade.”