ITS Monday: Edition 21, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, ACT to stop the sale of petrol vehicles, NSW and VIC hydrogen and electric vehicle charging stations, and (part of) Sydney says no to e-ecooters.
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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New petrol cars to be banned from 2035 as ACT waves goodbye to fossil fuels
Big news out of the ACT government this week with its intention to ban the purchase of new fossil fuel vehicles from 2035, and updates its electric vehicle sales targets. there’s not a lot of detail as yet, the intention of the announcement is to prepare people for the change.
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Hydrogen fuel stations to be built between Sydney and Melbourne under $20m plan
The NSW and Victorian governments have announced a joint plan to build “… at least four refuelling stations along the 840km Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne.” intended for heavy vehicle transport, along with grants to “… manufacture about 25 hydrogen-fuelled trucks.”. That’s $20 million dollars for both of those line items.
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Sydney’s CBD to remain scooter-free after council rejects trial
Other councils may well participate in a trial of e-scooters, but the Sydney City Council will not be among them. “A spokesperson for Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the CBD was not the best place to trial e-scooters ‘due to the high levels of path congestion in the city centre, contested space and disconnections in the bike network’.”
Trials in the 37 NSW councils that did not say no will commence in late July. “A Transport for NSW spokesperson said they are “on track to begin some trials this month” but would not reveal where.”
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Viva Energy hydrogen service on track for 2023
Details of Viva Energy’s progress on its hydrogen fuelling station project in Geelong, along with its “… orders for a 2.5MW electrolyser for the creation of green hydrogen as well as a fast-fuelling hydrogen dispensing system capable of refuelling multiple vehicles at once.”
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Transit Systems adds more buses to NSW fleet
“Operator Transit Systems is continuing to grow Australia’s largest electric bus fleet, adding another 19 battery electric vehicles to the New South Wales fleet.” It is also expecting to open a charging infrastructure facility at its Leichhardt depot in coming weeks.
READ THE ARTICLEThe idea behind ITS Monday was in part driven by our ITS Weekly Roundup, an email newsletter we send each Friday (subscribe to that here, plus/or our monthly iMOVE newsletter!). That newsletter contains a substantial number of links, and sometimes I think interesting content could be lost in the mix. I also see quite a lot of interesting content on social media (yes, you can follow us on Linkedin and Twitter). So every week I’ll collect a few things, and put them in ITS Monday.
*Inclusion in ITS Monday does not equal iMOVE endorsement. It’s more aimed at discovery, thought, or discussion … or all of those and more. And while for the most part I expect content to be current, a little age doesn’t mean diminished interest.
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