The Transportist: August 2017 2017-08-312017-08-30 | David Levinson Welcome to the August 2017 issue of The Transportist. As always you can follow along at the blog or on Twitter. Announcements Roderick Distinguished Lecture (31 August 2017) – University of Sydney campus Opening: Chair in Public Transport (ITLS – University of Sydney) Transportist Posts The I-35W Bridge Collapse, Ten Years On 9 Barriers to Walking in Sydney Media Appearances Specialists say parking shortfalls for Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai commuters will require wide range of solutions The forgotten station | Honi Soit Minnesota planners begin to envision driverless future | Star Tribune Transport News Transit We should do more to privatize bus systems – Marginal Revolution ‘We won’t need train and bus drivers’: Transport Minister’s prediction – SMH Sydney commuters get chance to trial on-demand buses – SMH Customised bus services set to go on trial in 2018. – Straits Times To Attract Riders, Make Transit ‘Congestion Free’ – CityLab New streetcar lines have hindered residents’ access to jobs, report says – NOLA Driverless bus trials to start in Sydney this month – SMH Roads A History of Downtown Road Pricing – Lewis Lehe – Medium Cuomo Calls Manhattan Traffic Plan an Idea ‘Whose Time Has Come’ – NY Times When an 850 per cent profit jump just isn’t enough (Transurban) – SMH Sydney motorists deliver super profits for Transurban – again – SMH RIP Bertha: Final piece of Seattle’s giant tunneler removed from pit – KOMO The Simple Solution to Traffic The way we can make traffic disappear. – YouTube AVs Apple said to be prepping self-driving employee shuttle service – TechCrunch Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent Among its Engineers – WSJ Waymo Built a Secret World for Self-Driving Cars – The Atlantic Winner-take-all effects in AVs. – Benedict Evans The Big Problem With Self-Driving Cars Is People – Spectrum IEEE CVs Hackable flaw in connected cars is ‘unpatchable’, warn researchers – NakedSecurity EVs / Energy Volkswagen Engineer Gets Prison in Diesel Cheating Case – NY Times The Model 3 Is Further Proof of Tesla’s Asymmetric War Against the Auto Industry – The Drive HPVs / Bikes Cycling fines soar in first year of harsher penalties in NSW – SMH [And use is down, and crash rates are up] SVs / Taxis Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders as part of privacy push – Reuters Uber chooses a surprising new leader: the CEO of Expedia – WaPo Uber drops plans for new Oakland headquarters – TechMeme One-ways, Open Jaws, Closed Loops, and more: A day of Uber journeys in Chicago – Medium Lyft’s radical experiment in charging for free parking – Bloomberg Uber to add in-app chat feature to help riders, drivers find each other – Strib Uber Knowingly Leased Unsafe Cars to Drivers – WSJ Canals Thailand’s Kra canal plan would link Indian, Pacific oceans, benefiting China – SMH Land Use Revealed: the secret $1.6b plan to fund Parramatta light rail – SMH Rich SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street – SF Chronicle Equity / Justice Phoenix Man Awaiting Deportation After Failing to Buy a Light-Rail Ticket – Phoenix New Times The Lost Dream of a Superhighway to Honor the Confederacy (Jefferson Davis Highway) by Erin Blakemore / The Atlantic “Vehicle obstructing” aka “license to kill” bills list and their outcomes so far – Lisa Schweitzer Safety Shark-detecting drones to patrol Australian beaches – Reuters Fantasy A few points to keep in mind when reading any upcoming story about the Hyperloop (first off, it’s not a Hyperloop) – Observational Epidemiology Aviation Qantas plan to fly non-stop to New York and London from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane – Traveller.com.au Why we don’t commute with helicopters – BoingBoing Isochrones Leaving town at rush hour? Here’s how far you’re likely to get from America’s largest cities. – WaPo Why Even the Hyperloop Probably Wouldn’t Change Your Commute Time – NY Times Theses and Dissertations Kristin Carlson: Accessibility Impacts of Bus Access to Managed Lanes Dr. Jessica Schoner: Mutually Reinforcing Relationships Between Bicycling Infrastructure Research By Us Di et al. (2017) Indifference Bands for Route Switching. Zhu et al. (2017) Measuring Winners and Losers from the new I-35W Mississippi River Bridge By Others Clearly Marked Bicycle Lanes Enhance Safety and Traffic Flow (Sharrows not so much) ‘You just need a bit of peace’: The reason Sydneysiders prefer their cars to public transport – SMH discussion of Jennifer Kent talk Previous Issues The Transportist: October 2016 The Transportist: November 2016 The Transportist: December 2016 The Transportist: January 2017 The Transportist: February 2017 The Transportist: March 2017 The Transportist: April 2017 The Transportist: May 2017 The Transportist: June 2017 The Transportist: July 2017 Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... 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