ITS Monday: Edition 20, 2020
This week’s small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
There’s a strong involvement in the selection of articles this week of Sydney, NSW. But the more I read the very, very many articles about the pandemic and transport that are populating my feeds and browser screens, the more I think that many of these issues / fixes that are discussed are universal. The cities, towns, and street names may change, but other than that people across the world are trying to best think about what needs to change now, what may need to change in the future, and for just how long are such changes to stay in place. If temporary measures are successful is the will and drive in place to make them permanent?
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!
Now, scroll down, and see what’s in this week’s edition. Oh, and before you do, be sure check out the quickest way to receive our new content via the subscription box just below …
Sydney public transport numbers creep up despite restrictions
With schools going back in NSW today, how will the public transport system cope with the increase in custom and maintaining social distancing? This is going to be a big story as Australia opens up bit by bit, in the balancing act of kickstarting an economy while curbing additional additional waves of the coronavirus.
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‘Huge statement’: cycling group wants Harbour Bridge lane for commute
‘A major urban think tank is backing calls for a lane of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to be set aside for cyclists as the city braces for the resurgence of the daily commute.’
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Sydney creates new spaces for safer travel
From the Harbour Bridge we move to other parts of Sydney, with the Lord Mayor announcing 6 new temporary cycleways to be opened very soon. But for how long?
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Pop-up car parks planned as ‘nervous’ Premier fears public transport risk
From increasing road space for bicycles, Sydney is also planning on how to provide more parking to cope with the anticipateded increase in driving-as-commute in a post-pandemic world where people avoid public transport.
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Sydney Rd users support removal of car parks for cycling lane: survey
It’s Sydney in the article title again, but in this article it’s Sydney Road in Melbourne that’s being discussed. It’s a story we’ve written about on iMOVE before, in The battle for space on city roads and footpaths.
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One of the world’s “largest car-free zones” to be created in London
Over to London, and the Mayor there too is making big moves, hand-in-hand with Transport for London. Also up as a proposal, a temporary increase in the city’s congestion charge.
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Parking cull and pocket parks for England’s finest street as Newcastle plans post-pandemic future
Staying in England, but shifting north to Tyneside, Newcastle has plans to make some streets car-free, remove parking spaces, introduce pop-up cycleways, widened sidewalks, and more 20mph streets.
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Your daily commute won’t ever be the same
I meant to get this portentously-headlined story from National Geographic in a couple of weeks ago. The University of Sydney’s own Professor David Levinson is quoted in the article.
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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