ITS Monday: Edition 2, 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, do Australian cities need a congestion charge, smart NSW roads, active transport and bike lane design manuals, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- Do Australian cities need a congestion tax?
- What is the value of time, and does it actually exist?
- Smart tech trials to drive safer behaviour on the roads
- NSW Active Transport Health Model Reference Outcome Values
- A blueprint for better bike lanes
- The 100-year road to car dependency in the US
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 …
Do Australian cities need a congestion tax?
This is an 8-minute long podcast from the ABC’s Radio National Breakfast show, and features Matt Burke, Adjunct Professor at Griffith University’s Cities Research Institute.
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What is the value of time, and does it actually exist?
Another piece from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies‘ “Thinking outside the box’ series”. In this edition Professor John Rose explores the concept of the Value of Time in transport economics, highlighting its significance in travel decisions and cost-benefit analyses, while questioning the relevance of traditional methods in today’s context.
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Smart tech trials to drive safer behaviour on the roads
A media release from Transport for NSW about its Smarter Highways program, that “will harness emerging and existing technologies in innovative ways to address driver behavioural issues that can lead to crashes. The aim is to improve journey management, especially when a major disruption occurs.”
Related iMOVE article:
- Intelligent Transport Systems: Info, Projects & Resources
- What is Smart Mobility and why is it important?
- Future of Mobility: Info, Projects & Resources
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- Development and demonstration of C-ITS on NSW roads
- AI optimisation for transport corridor performance
- Integrated connected data for safe, efficient traffic management
NSW Active Transport Health Model Reference Outcome Values
A direct download of this new document from the NSW Department of Health. “The NSW Active Transport Health Model (the Model) has been developed to provide a best-practice method, tailored to NSW, to value the health impacts of active transport infrastructure being proposed as part of state and/or local level projects.
The NSW Ministry of Health will be evaluating the use of the Model’s reference outcome values in strategic business cases and evaluations over the first 12 months of implementation. The evaluation will help assess the utility and feasibility of the Model for use across NSW government agencies, by external consultants and for local projects. The reference outcome values from the Model are intended to support the ‘case for change’ as part of strategic business cases and cost-benefit analyses.”
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A blueprint for better bike lanes
“Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.”
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The 100-year road to car dependency in the US
“How did we get here? Americans did not choose car dependency. We didn’t vote for it, and it was not the winner in a free market competition. The real answer is complex, but a single turning point reveals an essential part of the story.”
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