ITS Monday: Edition 17, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, mode shift and politics, cycling and better cities, and hydrogen buses vs electric buses.
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!
This week’s articles
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Mode shift: Political leadership is vital when transforming transport
A story from New Zealand, but it more than translates well for Australian considerations. The opinions are via an interview with urban mobility advocate Chris Bruntlett, co-founder of Modacity.
READ THE ARTICLECan we cycle through the outrage to imagine a better Melbourne
This is an opinion piece, written by Dan Hill, Director of the Melbourne School of Design at University of Melbourne, and follow on from the latest outrage of who thinks they own what part of the streetscape. “Yet it has been the mistake of our last half-century to govern that complex brief with the narrow idea that streets are just about traffic.” Indeed.
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When it comes to buses, will hydrogen or electric win?
From Wired magazine. “Clean transport needs clean vehicles. New power developments are crucial for a mass transit revolution, and each has pros and cons.”
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