ITS Monday: Edition 42, 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, (lack of) vehicle cybersecurity, micromobility, car and cycle safety, road safety, and smart cities.
The article headlines below are:
- Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report
- Unified micromobility standards will create smarter transportation in Europe
- McKinsey Exclusive: Key trends shaping micromobility in the US
- GM to make bicyclist-alert technology standard on most of its vehicles
- In Warsaw, falling road deaths signal a traffic safety turnaround
- The design of intelligent highway transportation system in smart city based on the internet of things
This week’s articles
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Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report
First up this week, this piece on automotive cybersecurity matters, from The Conversation, authored by Kathleen Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW Sydney.
“New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws.”
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Unified micromobility standards will create smarter transportation in Europe
Yes, OK, it’s Europe being talked about in this article. But to say that all things micromobility in Australia are fragmented would be underselling things.
Related iMOVE articles:
- Liar, liar, e-Bikes on fire
- Micromobilty: Info, Projects & Resources
- Active Transport: Info, Projects & Resources
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- OneDock: Supercharging e-micromobility
- Road use activity data: Cyclists, pedestrians and micromobility
- Micromobility and freight: Exploring opportunities in WA
McKinsey Exclusive: Key trends shaping micromobility in the US
The editor of Zag Daily interviews Kersten Heineke and Darius Scurtu, two experts at The McKinsey Center for Future Mobility.
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GM to make bicyclist-alert technology standard on most of its vehicles
“GM is making bicyclist-alert technology standard equipment on most of its lineup across its brands, starting with the 2025 model year. It is standard equipment now on 10 vehicles including: the all-electric 2023 Cadillac Lyriq, 2024 Silverado EV, 2024 Blazer EV, Equinox EV and two of its top-selling models: 2024 Chevrolet Traverse and 2025 Equinox SUVs.”
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- Safer cycling infrastructure: Design and policy
- Smart bike lights, data, and improved cyclist safety
In Warsaw, falling road deaths signal a traffic safety turnaround
“After street changes and policy reforms, the Polish capital is touting its progress in meeting ‘Vision Zero’ safety goals, with fatalities dropping by half in a decade. ”
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- Easy and novel ways to engage communities around road safety
- AiRAP automation for Australian road safety
- Speed and safety evaluation of shared spaces in NSW
A new academic article, co-authored by Huichao Guo, Runhua Huang and Zhiming Xu. The abstract:
“The design of intelligent expressway transportation system based on the Internet of Things is studied to improve the safety, travel experience, and operation management of expressway. The characteristics of the Internet of Things and cloud computing technology and its application on the expressway are analyzed, and the system design requirements of expressway intelligent transportation are understood.
Besides, the overall architecture of the system is studied and designed. The IaaS layer, PaaS layer, and SaaS layer of the cloud platform are designed and deployed. The intelligent information system can make expressway highly informative. The simulation experiments reveal that the system only needs 120 milliseconds in accident processing time, which is far lower than the intelligent transportation system that only uses edge computing technology (201 milliseconds) and the intelligent transportation system that only uses cloud computing technology (443 milliseconds).
Meanwhile, the accident response time is only 12 s, which is also superior to other models. In terms of cost-effectiveness, the monthly cost of the system is 7004 yuan, with a CPU utilization rate of 53%, demonstrating good cost-effectiveness and resource utilization efficiency. In addition, compared with the existing system, the average traffic congestion time has been reduced by 25%, the traffic accident rate has been reduced by 18%, and the accident rate has been reduced by 27%. The intelligent traffic system design of expressway, expressway safety, travel service, and operation management is effectively improved by researching the intelligent traffic system design of expressway.”
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- Smart Cities: Definition & Impact on Transportation
- Intelligent Transport Systems, Projects & Resources
- The 30-minute city: Small decisions for big gains
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