ITS Monday: Edition 14, 2021
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week: Two tales of how people are/are not coming back to public transport, e-scooter woes, and cargo bikes FTW!
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!
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Public transport return will be slow: new survey
An article by Professor David Hensher and the team at ITLS, with figures on expectations of a return to public transport and just how closely it is tied to the COVID vaccination rollout..
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Sydney’s public transport growing back differently post-pandemic
And staying on the topic of public transport tells the tale of Sydney’s PT usage, with figures from Transport for NSW. In big news, “the city’s much-maligned CBD light rail is outpacing trains and buses.”
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Police crackdown on unsafe Queensland motorised scooter riders
In the media, where appears the word e-scooter it is often accompanied, or framed, in a negative light. As we see here, in this collection of videos showing bad user behaviour. I think there’s a story somewhere to frame the e-scooter story in a more holistic way, telling the true story of the take-up and behaviour.
In other news on the e-scooter front, it has been announced that there are to be three Melbourne councils set to trial share e-scooter. No word yet on who those councils are. Yet.
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Zero emission deliveries by Raleigh cargo bike
And lastly this week, a video story from the UK, of a small company taking charge in changing the delivery mode of its products.
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The 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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Scott, could not agree more with regards to e-scooter story telling. It’s a matter of perspective. Strong collaboration and appropriate regulation is key but they’re not going away and I feel they play an important last mile story too.