ITS Monday: Edition 8, 2020

More on electric cars – Life cycle emission concerns

First up, an article from Professor David Hensher, a short piece on how the ‘… environmental and ethical ramifications of electric cars and battery technologies need to be taken into consideration before being hailed as a panacea for the global mobility crisis.’

David has also written quite a few articles for us here on the iMOVE website. View them all here, or catch up with David’s career and more in his interview with iMOVE, David Hensher: Transport economist.

Billions are pouring into mobility technology – will the transport revolution live up to the hype?

Over US$33 billion was invested in mobility tech last year in response to claims it will transform our lives. Based on what we have seen so far, which of these promised solutions will be delivered?.

Author Neil Sipe, Adjunct Researcher in Transport and Planning, The University of Queensland, is a speaker at iMOVE’s Transport of Tomorrow 2020 conference. His talk at the conference is titled, Key mobility trends and what we can learn from overseas. Find out more about Transport of Tomorrow 2020, taking place in Sydney on 24 and 25 March 2020.

Free transport in Luxembourg, but what’s the cost?

At first thought you’d think that making public transport use free as a tool to reduce congestion is a good thing. On February 29 Luxembourg made the leap, but the move has its critics. Find out what those concerns are, and the figures on the size of the congestion problem in the country.

No ‘carmageddon’ on auto-free Market Street. Study shows bikes and buses benefit

Way back when, in ITS Monday Edition 4, we placed an article about the closure of Market Street, San Francisco. That closure has been in place for a month now, and the numbers are in. Details in the linked article.

How Starship Delivery Robots know where they are going

Starship Technologies has made over 100,000 deliveries with its last mile delivery service robots. How did it get its robots to know where to go and how to get there? Joan Lääne, Mapping Specialist at Starship fills us in.

The Grow Cycling Toolkit

This from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, 26 plans, categorised into Infrastructure, Policies, and Education/Awareness-building of how to improve conditions for cyclists and grow ridership.

How I learned to cycle like a Dutchman

Bicycle riding and helmets. Bicycle riding and infrastructure. A couple of controversial topics in Australia. Here’s a tale of a transplanted American seeing how things are done in a truly cycling-friendly environment.