ITS Monday: Edition 7, 2024
A small, weekly collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, transport equity, hydrogen cars, connected vehicles, cycle lanes, a letter to young transport professionals, and more.
The article headlines below are:
- Transport services are ‘failing’ Australians with disability. It shouldn’t – and doesn’t have to – be that way
- Some hydrogen car owners are still waiting for the future to arrive
- Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles
- Cycle lanes grow in popularity once they are installed, study finds – but policymakers warned that “paternalistic” promotion of active travel schemes heightens opposition
- People walking are often blamed for crashes when roads are designed for driving
- Letter to young professionals entering transport
And just in case you hadn’t caught it yet, we have a recent 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
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 …
“Unless you have a disability, you probably won’t know how much of a nightmare transport can be. There are an estimated 4.4 million people in Australia who live with disability and you’d be hard pressed to find a single one that doesn’t have horror stories to share.”
Related iMOVE article:
Related iMOVE projects:
- Community transport: Defining the problems, fixing the future
- CAVs: Barriers and opportunities for people with disability
- See Me: Transforming passenger experience on public transport
A decade in, pedestrian deaths dip under Vision Zero
New York City’s Vision Zero approach to traffic safety has been running now for 10 years. Has it been successful? Judging by the stories and statistics in this article it would seem that the program has it problems, and that while the important numbers haven’t changes much in the 10 years, they do look good when comparing stats to other US cities.
Related iMOVE content:
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Some hydrogen car owners are still waiting for the future to arrive
“High prices, a volatile hydrogen market, and the closure of fueling stations have bedeviled many of the California drivers who bought fuel-cell electric vehicles in hopes of going greener.”
Related iMOVE articles:
- Alternative Fuels: Info, Projects & Resources
- FACTS: A Framework for an Australian Clean Transport Strategy
Related iMOVE project:
READ THE ARTICLE
Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles
“With GPS data from as little as 6% of vehicles on the road, University of Michigan researchers can recalibrate traffic signals to significantly reduce congestion and delays at intersections.”
Connected iMOVE artices:
READ THE ARTICLE
This article is based around a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute in Ireland, Active travel infrastructure design and implementation: Insights from behavioural science.
“The public acceptance of cycle lanes and other active travel infrastructure tends to grow once they’re installed, a new study examining the success of cycling and walking schemes from a behavioural science perspective has found. However, government officials and policymakers have been warned that informing the public and anti-active travel opponents that they will grow to like cycling and walking schemes runs the risk of them sounding “paternalistic” or even “deluded”.”
Related iMOVE articles:
Related iMOVE projects:
- Safer cycling and street design: A guide for policymakers
- Smart bike lights, data, and improved cyclist safety
People walking are often blamed for crashes when roads are designed for driving
From an Ohio State University study, The built environment and the determination of fault in urban pedestrian crashes: Toward a systems-oriented crash investigation.
“Researchers analyzed crash data from four high-crash neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio, to identify the key factors determining whether pedestrians or drivers are found at fault during crashes.”
Related iMOVE article:
READ THE ARTICLE
Letter to young professionals entering transport
This from Prue Oswin, Director/Senior Active Transport Engineer at Sidelines Traffic. “You’ve come at a time when we are desperately trying to change. We need your optimism, determination and courage, to make transport safer and less damaging to our communities and environment.”
Related iMOVE project:
iMOVE PhD student profiles:
- Profiles of student participants in our Industry PhD Program
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