ITS Monday: Edition 21, 2023

Trading off time, carbon, active travel, and health: What do people really think about traffic-reduction measures?

We start this week with a new academic paper, from the UK. “An online survey polled a socio-demographically representative sample of approximately 2,000 UK residents concerning their attitudes to traffic restrictions that lead to longer car trips. Specifically, to what extent would respondents accept delays to everyday local car journeys if these were offset by reductions in NO₂, greenhouse gas emissions or vehicular traffic, or by increases in active travel?”

Accessibility fireworks

Here’s a new new piece of transport data visualisation, by way of Helsinki and Topi Tjukanov, Senior Map Designer at Mapbox. In this work he displays, “Travel time comparison with different modes of transport. One frame equals one minute of travel. In the first one the journey starts from West Harbor and pink color represents private car, yellow bicycle and green public transport. The second starts from Kallio district and pink represents car, yellow public transportation and green points travel by bike. The latter was done with 2015 data and the cycling is estimated from walking times.”

“Nothing can compete:” Finkel concedes battery electric beats hydrogen cars

Opinion alert! Alan Finkel, the former chief scientist and author of Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy, has played down the chances of the sales of hydrogen-powered cars and talked up those of battery electric vehicles.

Related iMOVE project: Electric vehicles: Supporting uptake, investigating smart charging

Green light for Harbour Bridge cycleway leaves opponents decrying ‘pig’ of a project

Clearly judging by the headline this Sydney cycling infrastructure has not had universal approval, but importantly it has the approval that firms up its build, a green light from Transport for NSW.

Related iMOVE content: Safer cycling and street design: A guide for policymakers

Sydneysiders in the saddle as bike riders soar

Staying in Sydney, and with cycling, this press release from the City of Sydney looks at how many Sydneysiders have taken up cycling as a mode of transport since 2007. “rRcorded bike trips in some locations up to 6 times higher than in 2010.”

Related iMOVE projects: Safer cycling and street design: A guide for policymakers |  Smart bike lights, data, and improved cyclist safety

City of Darwin mulls putting e-scooters in bike lanes, expanding zone in review

Darwin is thinking long and hard about the role of e-scooters in its transport future. “The council has asked providers to put forward proposals to operate e-scooters in Darwin for the next two years, following a series of three- and six-month rolling trials, operated by Neuron, that began in 2020.”

TfL publishes new data on London’s e-scooter rental trial

“Transport for London, London Councils and e-scooter operators Dott, Lime and TIER Mobility have released data from the first phase of the London rental e-scooter trial, covering June 2021 to November 2022. The trial aimed to gather information on e-scooters to inform future legislation and regulations.”

Auckland Transport commissions $20m hybrid-electric ferry

“Auckland Transport (AT) has commissioned a 300-passenger hybrid-electric boat, the fourth low-emission ferry ordered for the region. AT has signed contracts worth $20 million with Q-West Boat Builders and HamiltonJet and plans to have the ferry on its downtown to Devonport run from 2026.”