ITS Monday: Edition 6, 2024
A small, weekly collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, working from home and Fair Work, NYC’s Vision Zero, e-scooter stats and laws, electric buses, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- Work-from-home battle begins – and the decision could affect millions
- A decade in, pedestrian deaths dip under Vision Zero
- Scooter and bike share schemes are growing fast across Australia
- South Australia’s e-scooter laws might not change until 2025
- Access Delayed is Access Denied
- Queensland announces zero-emissions bus buying spree
And just in case you hadn’t caught it yet, we have a recent 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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Work-from-home battle begins – and the decision could affect millions
The shift to Working from Home (WFH) during the pandemic had a huge effect on the way we moved and on our road and rail networks, on traffic congestion, and our public and private transport systems. And in the time since there has been a continuing debate on the merits of WFH. And over the past few days there’s been some high-level WFH chat.
“The Fair Work Commission is investigating whether it needs to change the basic rights for up to about 2.2 million Australians on awards to accommodate the working arrangement that took off during the pandemic. If the commission finds that awards should include working-from-home rights, several million other workers on enterprise agreements could also push for the same flexibility in negotiations.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also spoke about WFH in a press conference this week. Read what he said at: PM says working-from-home can be ‘win-win’ but not everyone is on board
Related iMOVE content:
- Working from Home: All of iMOVE’s WFH project activity, plus facts and figures, and more.
A decade in, pedestrian deaths dip under Vision Zero
New York City’s Vision Zero approach to traffic safety has been running now for 10 years. Has it been successful? Judging by the stories and statistics in this article it would seem that the program has it problems, and that while the important numbers haven’t changes much in the 10 years, they do look good when comparing stats to other US cities.
Related iMOVE content:
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Scooter and bike share schemes are growing fast across Australia/a>
An interview with Stephen Coulter , co-founder with Krystyna Weston of Zipidi, a micromobility consultancy.
“Adding up the bike and scooter share fleets, the Australian totals have grown from 18,005 in February 2022 to 28,795 in January 2024. That’s a 60% growth in just under two years. In terms of units, scooters comprise just over two thirds of this total, therefore bikes are just under a third. Percentage wise, the scooter share fleet grown slightly more slowly at 52%, compared to 79% for the bike share fleet.”
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South Australia’s e-scooter laws might not change until 2025
Staying on the topic of e-scooters, the South Australian government has promised to introduce legislation in the middle of this year to legalise the use of private e-scooters on the state’s roads and footpath.
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Access Delayed is Access Denied
The latest from Professor David Levinson‘s Transportist blog.
“The maxim “justice delayed is justice denied” is a well-known principle in the legal world, emphasising the importance of timely justice. We should extend this concept to the realm of access (to transport). Delayed access equates to denied access, with all of the efficiency and equity losses that follow. The timely provision of access is crucial for individuals to advantage themselves on opportunities and improve their quality of life.”
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Queensland announces zero-emissions bus buying spree
“Queensland premier Steven Miles yesterday announced that the government would order more than 400 zero-emissions buses that will be locally built to spark a clean energy transition while boosting bus manufacturing and creating new jobs, with new zero-emissions depots to also be built and existing depots to be transitioned.”
Related iMOVE projects:
- Gippsland community e-Bus pilot
- Electric school buses for Western Australia: Feasibility study
- Charging requirements for Melbourne’s electric bus fleet
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