ITS Monday: Edition 9, 2020
This week’s small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Stories on: share e-bikes hit Melbourne streets, on-demand public transport, 20-minute city neighbourhoods, and a free e-book on transport planning and engineering.
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 …
Bright red e-bike fleet to pop up on city streets on Wednesday morning
In some hyperlocal news (iMOVE’s Melbourne-based), the streets of the CBD have had Jump share e-bikes added to the transport mix. How will they be treated by local scallywags and vandals? Are these bikes too heavy for hijinks? We shall see. On a serious note, I do hope this scheme is at least given a fair chance. The pricing isn’t exactly bargain level, and there is still the issue if helmets (one that they are easy to find, and also patronage might be bitten into by our mandatory helmet laws).
David has also written quite a few articles for us here on the iMOVE website. View them all here, or catch up with David’s career and more in his interview with iMOVE, David Hensher: Transport economist.
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On-demand public transit is the key to solving the mobility crisis, study shows
The study in question is from the Boston Consulting Group, and sponsored by the mobility company, Via. This article goes over the study’s main points, and does link through to the source material.
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People love the idea of 20-minute neighbourhoods. So why isn’t it top of the agenda?
More Melbourne! This article is by John Stanley and Roz Hansen, both of Deakin University, and stems from ideas generated for Plan Melbourne, the long-term land use plan for the city. ‘The 20-minute neighbourhood is all about ‘living locally’ – giving people the ability to meet most of their everyday needs within a 20-minute walk, cycle or local public transport trip of their home.’
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Elements of access: Transport Planning for engineers, transport engineering for planners
An e-book by Professor David Levinson of the University of Sydney, along with Wes Marshall, Kay Axhausen, and now available for free download from the university’s eScholarship Repository.
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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