ITS Monday: Edition 27, 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, reducing dependence on diesel, rail digital twins, and e-scooters effext on induced travel.
The article headlines below are:
- Australia is spending billions on fuel security. What if some of that went to electric trucks?
- Digital twins: Reshaping the rail lifecycle
- A meta-analysis of the induced travel due to e-scooters
This week’s articles
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Australia is spending billions on fuel security. What if some of that went to electric trucks?
“The billion-dollar fuel security package aims to increase Australia’s fuel reserves to last for 50 days. But what if instead we worked out how to use less diesel?”
Related iMOVE article:
Related iMOVE projects:
- FACTS: A Framework for an Australian Clean Transport Strategy
- Powering the future of freight: Electric trailers and dollies
- Prospects for decarbonising freight transport in Australia
Digital twins: Reshaping the rail lifecycle
“In rail, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), infrastructure managers, operators and fleet owners are most concerned about optimising the economics of rolling stock and fixed assets through their life. To this end, digitalisation will play an increasingly critical role, not just in enabling the life of a train or lineside component to be modelled at the outset, but also in supporting the ongoing maintenance, overhaul and eventual recycling of the asset in question.”
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A meta-analysis of the induced travel due to e-scooters
A new academic article, co-authored by Nils Fearnley, Knut Veisten. The abstract:
The e-scooter is a relatively new transport mode that primarily has replaced other modes. However, e-scooters have also generated some new travel. A meta-analysis was carried out on 192 outcomes of retrospective estimates of the proportion of current e-scooter trips that would not have been carried out of e-scooters were not available. The meta-analysis estimate of induced travel is about four percent, based on the 192 survey outcomes from 95 case-areas. Meta-regression shows that the proportion of induced travel due to e-scooters tends to be higher in areas where travel by car dominates.
Related iMOVE article:
Related iMOVE projects:
- eRideables and their impact transport in Perth
- Connectivity between micromobility & public transport in Brisbane
- Policy paths encouraging behaviour shift for sustainable mobility
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