ITS Monday: Edition 2, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, public transport usage vs driving, hydrogen aircraft, ‘Electric trucks now please!’, and a 15-minute city.
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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Public transport shunned as drivers rent permanent parking, short-term cars
Two years in, and the trickle-down in transport from the pandemic continues, particularly in regards to public transport/. This isn’t a new story, but it does contain recent data.
READ THE ARTICLEMost Aucklanders not planning to drive less, despite climate fears – survey
And in a similar story to the one above, we shift to Auckland, New Zealand. In the results from a recent survey there is some disconnect between wanting to use public transport to reduce emissions, but at the same time planning to drive more. Why? Read on.
READ THE ARTICLEMeet the Aussie poised to create the first hydrogen-powered airline
A former Virgin Australia executive is now the CEO of US-based Connect Airlines, which is in 2025 to buy 24 of Universal Hydrogen’s green hydrogen conversion kits for Connect’s fleet of De Havilland Dash 8 turboprop aircraft.
READ THE ARTICLEPeak bodies call for urgent action on electric truck policies
Those bodies are the Electric Vehicle Council and the Australian Trucking Association. They feel that “Australia currently lags most of the world in the electrification of trucks making the need for reform urgent.” This article outlines their key recommendations.
READ THE ARTICLEMake trucks electric to lift suburban curfews and ease congestion: Trucking industry
Another story emanating from the policy advice from the Australian Trucking Association and the Electric Vehicle Council. It’s included as it goes a little broader than the first story.
READ THE ARTICLEThey’re building a 15-minute city from scratch in the Utah desert
This is to be built in Draper, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City in the USA. It is “… being designed from the ground up to help residents avoid the need for cars.”
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