ITS Monday: Edition 11, 2026
ITS Monday is a small, weekly collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas. This is the 265th edition to date, and the first for 2026.
Included this week, state EV strategy, AI and transport, free public transport, and autononomous vehicle and pothole repair.
The article headlines below are:
- NSW Electric Vehicle Strategy
- On the effects of artificial general intelligence on transport
- Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake?
- Waymo is offering to help cities fix their potholes
This week’s articles
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“The NSW Government has updated the NSW Electric Vehicle Strategy to reduce emissions and make electric vehicles (EVs) even more accessible. Transport is a key sector of emissions and EVs are the most important way to reduce our emissions in this sector. This means NSW must be ready for equitable EV ownership at scale.” The stratefgy focument is available for download at the link.
Related iMOVE article:
- Electric Vehicles: Info, Projects & Resources
- The Conductor Series: The electrification of transport
Related iMOVE projects:
- An afterlife ecosystem for electric vehicle batteries
- Leading the charge in bi-directional charging
- Utrecht to Australia: Unlocking scalable, low-cost V2G
- Being a V2G trailblazer: Lessons for mass market adoption
On the effects of artificial general intelligence on transport
From David Levinson‘s Transportist blog. “With the advent of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), the landscape is poised to shift again.1 Some say AGI is already here, and I am sympathetic to the view, given intelligence is a continuum, and many AIs can do many aspects of work faster and higher quality than I can (but obviously not everything, everywhere, yet). How transport will change in response will be revealed in time.”
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Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake?
Milad Haghani, Iman Taheri Sarteshnizi, and Neema Nassir writing in The Conversation.
“But the moves by Victoria and Tasmania created a natural comparison: there are similar fuel price pressures but different public transport pricing across Australian states.
We examined how car use and travel patterns have changed since early April across three Australian states. Here’s what we found.”
Related iMOVE project:
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Waymo is offering to help cities fix their potholes
“Municipal officials in multiple cities where Waymo operates have reached out to the robotaxi operator for help in locating potholes on their streets, assuming that Waymo kept such data. Fortunately for them, Waymo does, and it has recently decided to launch a pilot program, along with Google’s Waze, to share its pothole data with city officials.”
Related iMOVE articles:
- Autonomous Driving: Info, Projects & Resources
- Autonomous Driving Technology: Info, Projects & Resources
Related iMOVE projects:
- CAVs and the environment: A cleaner future?
- CAVs and Australians: Attitudes, perceptions, preferences
- Safely deploying automated vehicles on Australian roads
We used to send out a weekly newsletter, ITS Weekly Roundup, a collection of ITS- and mobility-related news from across the world. ITS Monday is a replacement for that, a collection of links to news and opinion pieces, academic papers, and more. Additionally, you can follow us on Linkedin and Twitter, both of which have a focus on iMOVE news and projects, or subscribe to our bi-monthly newsletter.
*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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