ITS Monday: Edition 3, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, 2022 national transport data, road user charging, e-buses, active transport on public transport, EVTOL, 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!
This week’s articles
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Update on Australian transport trends – January 2022
This 2022 transport data wrap-up is the latest blog from Chris Loader’s Charting Transport site. The data emanates from Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ yearbook. Strap yourself in, there’s a lot in here to digest!
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Pay-per-mile road user charging proposed for London
Road use charging is always an edgy topic, and here we have London’s Lord Mayor, Sadiq Khan, asking Transport for London to investigate the implementation of it. “The proposal is part of a policy of reducing car traffic in the UK capital in an effort to meet zero-emission targets, which – a report commissioned by City Hall and published by Element Energy showed – will require a drop of 27% in motorised vehicle traffic by 2030.”
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Australia must jump on board the e-bus express
An opinion piece from Karl Kruszelnicki and Bridie Schmidt. “If Australia plays its cards right, we can build a thriving local electric bus industry and at the same time kickstart a green industrial revolution – bring on “jobs and growth”, baby!”
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Bikes, scooters allowed permanently on trains after successful trial
After a six-month trial of allowing bikes and scooters – electric or traditional – on trains in south-east Queensland, commuters can now bring their bikes and scooters on to the first and last carriages of trains all day.
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Chris Boardman to lead new walking and cycling body in England
“Former Olympic champion Chris Boardman has promised to take England’s streets back from motor traffic after being given a powerful new official role which will see councils rated, Ofsted-style, for how well they make space for cycling and walking.”
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The US refuses to fall in love with electric cars
“As China and Europe lead the race to make electric vehicles mainstream, America lags behind. This is a problem.” You might read this, and this article, and wonder about the situation in Australia.
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Elroy Air’s EVTOL facilitates express shipping around the world
“Elroy Air, a startup with that develops autonomous cargo aircraft systems to massively expand the reach of express shipping, has recently revealed its pre-production aircraft dubbed ‘Chaparral’. this first-of-its-kind, autonomous, hybrid-electric VTOL can pick up 300-500 lbs of cargo and deliver it by air up to 300 miles.”
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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