The Transportist: August 2017 2017-08-312019-03-15 | 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:MastodonTwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditTumblrPinterestMoreEmailPrintWhatsAppPocketSkypeTelegramLike this:Like Loading... Related
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