ITS Monday: Edition 34, 2025
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, V2G growth, Sydney commute times. active transport on the Sunshine Coast, Sydney bus depot goes electric, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- Turning your EV into a giant battery is a step closer
- Sydney tops longest commute times – but there’s an upside
- Examining the effects of road safety advertising that encourages positive, prosocial driving behaviours
- Why we plan the way we plan: 5 Years of evidence-based active transport planning for schools in the Sunshine Coast
- Sydney depot becomes first to convert to fully electric bus charging
- Bringing a converted e-bike onto a train or metro in NSW could soon cost you up to $1100
- Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
This week’s articles
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Turning your EV into a giant battery is a step closer
“Hyundai, Kia, BYD and other major automakers are exploring how batteries in electric vehicles can be used to store surplus renewable energy and top up Australia’s electrical grid at critical times, earning power bill credits for their owners.”
Related iMOVE articles:
- The Conductor Series: The electrification of transport
- Being a V2G trailblazer: Lessons for mass market adoption
Related iMOVE projects
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Sydney tops longest commute times – but there’s an upside
“Sydney has won the unwelcome prize of having the nation’s longest daily commutes. But there is good news for all Australian travellers: we’re spending less time getting to and from work than before COVID-19.”
Related iMOVE article:
- Working from Home: Info, Projects & Resources
- Prospects for Working from Home: Assessing the evidence
Related iMOVE project:
- Encouraging continuation of work from home post-pandemic
- Working from Home: Revising metro strategic transport models
- Working from home: Could it really reduce traffic congestion?
A new academic paper, co-authored by QUT’s Ioni Lewis, David Rodwell, Nyree Gordon, and Melinda McDonald. The abstract:
Prosocial driving behaviours are performed to benefit other road users and without legal obligation. This online survey study, guided by the Step approach to Message Design and Testing (SatMDT), examined advertisements in terms of drivers’ intentions and willingness to drive in a prosocial way. ‘Drive in a prosocial way’ was operationalised in both general and specific terms. N = 213 participants (48.8 % female; M = 54.0 years, SD = 15.1 years) were randomly allocated into four intervention groups (i.e., Advertisement 1, 2, 3, or 4) or a control group.
Overall, in the intervention groups, while relatively high mean scores were found, one-way ANOVAs revealed there were no statistically significant differences between the advertisements. Reverse third person effects were found for all the advertisements suggesting participants perceived they would be influenced by them more than others. Regarding between groups comparisons, intentions and willingness scores increased (i.e., became more positive towards prosocial driving) after having viewed an advertisement; however, paired samples t tests indicated these differences were only statistically significant for general and specific intentions after viewing Advertisement 2, and for specific intentions after viewing Advertisement 4.
To understand how the advertisements were influencing individuals’ intentions, regressions were conducted which found 72 % − 90 % of variance was explained by the variables of attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control [PBC], moral norms, and anticipated regret. PBC and moral norms were significant predictors for three of the advertisements. Overall, this study supports the need for further research into messaging promoting prosocial driving behaviour.
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An article from Prue Oswin’s (State Manager Qld/NT Planning Institute of Australia) LinkedIn account. “Safe, independent children’s travel is a cornerstone of a functional transport network. It strengthens children’s health, safety, connectedness and independence. It ensures parents’ and carers’ lives aren’t dominated by chauffeuring trips, and it reduces vehicle congestion, noise, pollution and risk that affect all community members.”
Related iMOVE article:
Related iMOVE project:
- Impacts & community benefits of a regional active travel network
- The TRavel, Environment and Kids (TREK) Study: 15 years on
Sydney depot becomes first to convert to fully electric bus charging
“Sydney’s Brookvale depot has become the first in NSW to convert to battery-electric buses, delivering cleaner air, quieter streets and long-term savings.”
Related iMOVE projects:
- Planning for the electrification of the Victorian bus fleet
- Webinar: Optimising electric bus fleet charging
- Electric school buses for regional WA: Challenges and solutions
Bringing a converted e-bike onto a train or metro in NSW could soon cost you up to $1100
More trouble in battery land. I note also that there was another news story this week about Qantas not allowing a mobility vehicle on a flight this week.
Related iMOVE article:
Related iMOVE project:
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Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
“The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking back federal aid: the projects aren’t designed for cars.”
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