ITS Monday: Edition 25 2024
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, lots of e-scooter safety, EV Australian road trip, autonomous vehicles and safety, capped public transport, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- E-scooter company to fit Melbourne fleet with AI cameras to stop riders using footpaths
- Reported e-scooter injuries on the rise at Queensland emergency departments
- Pedestrians’ safety using projected time-to-collision to electric scooters
- Road Trip: Tesla Model 3 vs Polestar 2: Does Tesla still have a Supercharger advantage in Australia?
- The role of knowledge and trust in developing risk perceptions of autonomous vehicles: a moderated mediation model
- Development, practical challenges, and application of a state-wide transport model system in Australia
- Google Maps is rolling out speedometer, speed limits on iPhone and CarPlay globally
- A drone delivered my latte, and it was not what I expected
- Public transport fares to be capped at $50 a week for Aucklanders
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This week’s articles
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E-scooter company to fit Melbourne fleet with AI cameras to stop riders using footpaths
Much as some of the share micromobility providers say safety is a very small problem, it is indeed an issue, And Neutron Mobility are making some safety changes to its e-scooters in Melbourne. “E-scooter company to fit Melbourne fleet with AI cameras to stop riders using footpaths Neuron Mobility says technology is trained to recognise city’s roads and footpaths and will issue a warning in real time.”
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- OneDock: Supercharging e-micromobility
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Reported e-scooter injuries on the rise at Queensland emergency departments
Article number 2 this week on e-scooters and safety, and not the first appearance in ITS Monday about e-scooter injuries in Brisbane. “The number of reported patients turning up to Queensland emergency departments after being injured in e-scooter mishaps has almost doubled within two years.”
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READ THE ARTICLEPedestrians’ safety using projected time-to-collision to electric scooters
#3 this week on the topic of micromobility and safety, this time in the form of a new academic paper, co-authored by Alireza Jafari and Yen-Chen Liu, both from National Cheng Kung University, No. 1.
Abstract:
“Safety concern among electric scooter riders drives them onto sidewalks, endangering pedestrians and making them uncomfortable. Regulators’ solutions are inconsistent and conflicting worldwide. Widely accepted pedestrian safety metrics may lead to converging solutions. Adapting the time-to-collision from car traffic safety, we define projected time-to-collision and experimentally study pedestrians’ objective and subjective safety.
We design isolated and crowd experiments using e-scooter-to-pedestrian interactions to assess the impact of various factors on objective safety. In addition, we conducted a pedestrian survey to relate the subjective safety and the metric. We report a strong correlation between subjective safety and the projected time-to-collision when agents face each other and no relation when the e-scooter overtakes a pedestrian.
As a near-miss metric correlated with pedestrian comfort, projected time-to-collision is implementable in policy-making, urban architecture, and e-scooter design to enhance pedestrian safety.”
READ THE ARTICLERoad Trip: Tesla Model 3 vs Polestar 2: Does Tesla still have a Supercharger advantage in Australia?
Consumer tech journalist Alex Kidman has been writing a few interesting tales over the last 12 months or so about his purchase and driving experiences of electric vehicles, and we have included a few of them here in ITS Monday. Here’s his latest, with the focus on this: “Tesla has long sold on the idea that its supercharger network gives it a big advantage over other makes of EV… so I headed out on a road trip in a rental Polestar 2 to see just how true that is right now in Australia.”
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- Electric Vehicles: Info, Projects & Resources
- Alternative Fuels: Info, Projects & Resources
- FACTS: A Framework for an Australian Clean Transport Strategy
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- EV batteries: Repair, refurbish, repurpose, recycle
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Kathryn Robinson-Tay and Kathryn Robinson-Tay, of Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, WA State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Abstract:
“Autonomous vehicles (AVs) hold promise for revolutionizing transportation and reducing accidents. However, public opinions of AVs remain ambivalent and negative, potentially related to the risk of they perceive.
The present study considers the complex dynamics shaping public risk perceptions of AVs, emphasizing the mediating role of trust in the relationship between AV-related knowledge and risk perceptions. The study also considers desire for experience, perceived safety, and deference toward scientific authority as moderators in this relationship.
This cross-sectional survey sampled a total of 323 U.S. adults from an online panel. Findings reveal that trust significantly mediates the connection between knowledge and risk perceptions. Desire for experience intensifies the positive association between knowledge and trust. Perceived safety strengthens the negative association between trust and risk perceptions.
While deference toward scientific authority did not influence the knowledge-trust relationship, it moderated the impact of trust on risk perceptions. The findings highlighted the need for a nuanced approach to public engagement, emphasizing trust-building initiatives alongside knowledge dissemination.
Overall, the research contributed valuable insights for stakeholders navigating the future of AVs built on public acceptance and risk perception.”
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- Connected Vehicles: Info, Projects & Resources
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- C-ITS national harmonisation and pre-deployment research
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A fresh academic paper from David Hensher, Chinh Ho, and Edward Wei of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies. Absract:
“This paper develops a regional strategic travel model system to predict expected changes in traffic volumes and public transport patronage up to 2056.
On the supply side, we develop transport network datasets for four linehaul modes – train, coach, car, and plane, incorporating travel times, fares, costs, and service frequency. On the demand side, an aggregate modal share logit model for three trip purposes is estimated to identify the role of various trip attributes and socioeconomic characteristics to forecast modal shares in the base year 2016.
The resulting models produce an accessibility index asess each mode role in defining the accessibility to each Statistical Area level 2 in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. This index informs a residential population model to identify the relationship between population and accessibility, highlighting the wider impact of transport improvements on the regional economy.
The model links population changes to travel demand and predicts induced demand under a business-as-usual scenario. The application of the model system is illustrated using a corridor between Sydney and Newcastle.”
READ THE ARTICLEGoogle Maps is rolling out speedometer, speed limits on iPhone and CarPlay globally
“Google Maps has introduced speedometer and speed limits on iOS and CarPlay — more than five years after their debut on Android — to help iPhone users avoid speed ticketing while driving. TechCrunch has exclusively learned that Google has begun rolling out speedometers and speed limits for iPhone users globally. When people start navigation on Google Maps, the vehicle’s speed is shown in miles or kilometers, depending on the region.”
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READ THE ARTICLEA drone delivered my latte, and it was not what I expected
“Seen a drone zipping around Ringwood? It’s very likely carrying a coffee from the local shopping centre to someone’s home. Even better, the beverage is likely to arrive piping hot, with latte art intact. The flying coffee is possible because Melbourne’s first drone delivery service launched yesterday, a partnership between Eastland shopping centre, food delivery app DoorDash and Wing, the drone service operated by Alphabet, Google’s parent company.”
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- Prototype Uncrewed Air System delivery aircraft development
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Public transport fares to be capped at $50 a week for Aucklanders
“Public transport fares will be capped at $50 a week for users in Auckland across buses, trains, and inner harbour ferries from Sunday, the city’s transport agency has announced. A seven-day fare cap will begin when a commuter tags on with their HOP card and will expire at 11.59pm seven consecutive days later.”
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