ITS Monday: Edition 16, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, road use charging, post-pandemic traffic congestion, hydrogen buses, last mile delivery, e-scooter use, 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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Premier rules out Sydney congestion tax
A few weeks ago in ITS Monday we included an article on the possibility of the consideration of road use charging in Sydney being considered. At the same time we speculated on the veracity of the possibility of a consideration of this. Here is the confirmation that the possibility has had the door shut on it.
Here’s something Professor David Hensher wrote on this issue a few years ago: Road pricing reform: a thorny issue
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Auckland traffic congestion at an all-time high in 2021
Another tail of another city and its return to congestion post(?)-pandemic. The stats being published and considered here hearken back to 2021.
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Volgren signs landmark deal with global hydrogen OEM Wrightbus
Quite a lot has been happening in the past 6-12 months in the area of buses and new fuels. The first buses in this particular deal are expected to be ready in early 2023.
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Renault Trucks reveals multimodal e-mobility concept for last-mile deliveries
“Renault Trucks has unveiled its multimodal last mile e-mobility concept, designed to provide cleaner, greener and more accessible urban deliveries. Dubbed the E-Tech Master OptiModale, it combines three types of electric transportation in one vehicle: a fully electric 3.5-tonne LWB L3H1 E-Tech Master van with Low Loader Luton body by Horton Commercials; an eBullitt e-cargo bike; and parcel-carrying drone from Uvatek.”
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No more new bike lanes for CBD after council cops complaints
The latest instalment of “(Some) People and their dislike of bike lanes”. In this instance its Melbourne, and the city’s action after backlash from businesses and residents.
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Mode shift: Scooters – from lazy novelty to affordable, green transport
Facts, figures and opinion generated by share e-scooter use in New Zealand.
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Co-modality for Sydney’s ferries
A working paper from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, authored by Veronica Schulza, Michael Bellb, Shengda Zhuc, Glenn Geersd, and Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya. ” This working paper investigates the merits of using co-modality for the ‘intermediate mile’ with Sydney’s ferries in Australia.”
A nice companion piece to our project, Co-modality: Making use of public transport to carry freight.
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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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