ITS Monday: Edition 4, 2022
A small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Included this week, new pandemic-related traffic data from Sydney, hydrogen truck manufacturing for Melbourne, and Queensland figures on micromobility injuries.
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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Sydney faces quiet ‘new normal’ as ‘unofficial lockdown’ starts to lift
The continuing story of traffic data and the public’s reaction to the pandemic, this story generated by mobility data from DSpark. “Movement in and around Sydney’s CBD this year which has dipped below a third of a normal pre-COVID January appears to be slowly rising in a sign of hope for businesses struggling in what some call a ″phantom″ lockdown.”
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Hydrogen vehicle plant fuels hope of Melbourne manufacturing revival
“Australia’s first purpose-built assembly plant to manufacture hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles will be developed in Melbourne’s east under a plan its backers say could generate up to 100 jobs by 2025 and help to foster a new local automotive industry for the clean-energy era.” The company behind the plan is US-based Hyzon Motors.
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Increase in e-scooters and e-skateboards accidents across Queensland, Ambulance Service says
Queensland has been an early and somewhat enthusiastic adopter of e-scooters. And the data for accidents over the past year is in, and it tells a tale. After some consultation with ‘… trauma experts, disability experts, pedestrian groups, cycling groups, police, the users and the sellers’, Transport Minister Mark Bailey has said that the state is in the process of looking at new regulations for the micromobility sector.
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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