ITS Monday: Edition 21, 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, CAVs and Australia, e-scooter law changes in SA, safety challenges of big cars, autonomous compost, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- Self-driving cars a ‘game changer’ for disabled Aussies, but they’ve got a kangaroo problem
- E-scooter law reform to legalise private devices on public roads and footpaths in South Australia
- Big cars might make you feel safer. But here’s how vehicle size impacts others in a crash
- First WA jointly funded electric buses completed
- Western Sydney set to receive better buses thanks to funding boost
- Copper thieves are making a pretty penny looting charging cables thanks to EV growth
- Humanoid chauffeur put in the driving seat for robotaxi future
- Detroit autonomous delivery pilot will begin with food waste
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This week’s articles
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Self-driving cars a ‘game changer’ for disabled Aussies, but they’ve got a kangaroo problem
There’s quite a bit of ground covered in this ABC article. Firstly there’s the tale a Darren and his experiences with Tesla’s Autopilot and difficulties in accessing transport, moving along to discussing a recently released article in Nature magazine about the safety advances (and areas of concern) that autonomous vehicles bring about. The articles than moves on to the difficulties of automated detection systems and Australian fauna, and closing with thoughts in an Australian context about autonomous vehicles and road safety, and how ready this country is for CAVs. Interviewed in the article are two experts working with iMOVE on projects, Amit Trivedi and Professor Michael Milford.
Related iMOVE articles:
- Autonomous Driving Info, Projects & Resources
- Autonomous Driving Technology
- Connected Vehicles: Info, Projects & Resources
Related iMOVE project:
- C-ITS national harmonisation and pre-deployment research
- Environmental impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles
- Safely deploying automated vehicles on Australian roads
E-scooter law reform to legalise private devices on public roads and footpaths in South Australia
“Under new legislation expected to come into effect by early next year, privately owned e-scooters and other “personal mobility devices” including electric unicycles, or “monocycles”, will be treated in the same way as bicycles and will be able to be used on roads and bike paths.” The word footpath appearing in the title and body of the article sets off a few alarm bells.
Related iMOVE articles:
Related iMOVE projects:
- OneDock: Supercharging e-micromobility
- Road use activity data: Cyclists, pedestrians and micromobility
- Impacts of eRideables on the transport task in WA
Big cars might make you feel safer. But here’s how vehicle size impacts others in a crash
Writing for The Conversation, Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, at UNSW Sydney and Hadi Ghaderi, Associate Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Swinburne University of Technology, discuss the effects of vehicle size and aspects of road safety.
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First WA jointly funded electric buses completed
“The Western Australian and federal governments have revealed that they’ve hit a major milestone in the transition of zero-emissions public transport in WA, with the state’s first electric bus manufactured as part of a joint initiative now completed.
Related iMOVE article:
Related iMOVE projects:
- Gippsland community e-Bus pilot
- Electric school buses for Western Australia: Feasibility study
- Charging requirements for Melbourne’s electric bus fleet
Western Sydney set to receive better buses thanks to funding boost
Upgrades on 5,000 buses include on-board screens and audio announcements, and live, accurate information about when the next service is coming. Key suburbs to receive critical changes include Penrith, St Marys, Mount Druitt, Marsden Park, Riverstone, Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Kemps Creek, and Arndell Park.
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Copper thieves are making a pretty penny looting charging cables thanks to EV growth
Anyone have this on their Difficultes in EV Rollout bingo card? This article is from the USA, I’ve not read is this particular crime is also taking place in Australia.
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Humanoid chauffeur put in the driving seat for robotaxi future
There’s robot cars and now, here, is a robot driver. “Researchers at the University of Tokyo have proposed a new, simpler, and cost-effective approach to the concept: giving humanoid robots the reins of cars for autonomous operations.”
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Detroit autonomous delivery pilot will begin with food waste
“The Autonomous Robotic Pickup Platform, a project launching next week in Detroit’s Transportation Innovation Zone, will start by testing small sidewalk delivery bots to collect food waste for compost.”
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