ITS Monday: Edition 29, 2020
This week’s small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week: Cycleway conflict, sharebike schemes mapped, several stories on the challenges facing public transport, and more.
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 …
‘Riding roughshod’: Clover Moore clashes with councillors, residents over cycleways
‘Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore has shocked residents by saying that anyone who objects to the installation of temporary cycleways in the inner city “doesn’t care about saving lives”.’ As ever on the issue of cycling and road infrastructure, temperatures on all sides are high.
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Google Maps gets live bike share availability update
This is to roll out for Google Mas in 24 cities in 16 countries. First up: Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Dublin, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kaohsiung, London, Los Angeles, Lyon, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, New Taipei City, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco Bay Area, São Paulo, Toronto, Vienna, Warsaw, and Zurich.
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Coronavirus Melbourne: Commuters move to car share over public transport
Melburnians without a car have flocked to car-sharing services since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as they look to avoid public transport over safety fears. There’s already been a few stories like this in ITS Monday, and I expect there will be more as long as this health crisis persists.
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$100 million rescue package for public transport
Staying on the theme of keeping public transport afloat, but moving over to New Zealand, where a $100 million rescue package for public transport is being hailed as a relief for ratepayers.
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Covid is pushing some mass transit systems to the brink
Staying with trouble in public transport land, this article from Wired focuses on the Caltrain rail system, in San Francisco’s Bay Area. ‘… officials warn that without serious funding help—about $100 million annually—Caltrain could shut down altogether.
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Mass transit is the way to get cities moving again
An opinion piece from Bloomberg, penned by Lionel Laurent. ‘Some lifestyle changes are probably inevitable, whether it’s more remote work or increased interest in the suburbs, but they’ll likely happen at the margins. More than half the world’s population live in cities, which concentrate people, jobs, ideas, commerce, entertainment and power. They won’t be easily cast aside.’
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London needs the Tube and the Tube needs Londoners
From the same Bloomberg series as the article above. ‘The financial viability of cities rests on whether and under what conditions we are prepared to go back to our old travel habits.’
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USDOT releases policy document on emerging transportation technologies
‘The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology (NETT) Council released a policy document, “Pathways to the Future of Transportation,” intended to serve as a roadmap for innovators of new cross modal technologies to engage with the department.’ Will it be hyperlooping?
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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