Transportist Posts

• Cage the Automobile
• USA vs. AUS
• They’re Closing Inspiration Point (Happy Days on Freeway building)
  • see also: Aunt Bee the Crusader – In memory of Andy Griffith
• Moving the capital of New South Wales to the west
• Rewinding the clock of techology

Transport News

AVs

• Say goodbye to the Ford sedan – WaPo
• Velodyne invented modern lidar—it’s about to face real competition – Ars Technica
• Why selling full self-driving before it’s ready could backfire for Tesla – Ars Technica
• Here’s the real nightmare scenario for self-driving cars: The ad-supported business model that ruined the internet could come for transportation next. Vox
• Autonomous Cars: The Level 5 Fallacy – Monday Note by Jean-Louis Gassée
• The way we regulate self-driving cars is broken—here’s how to fix it – Ars Technica
• NHTSA/SAE’s “levels” of robocars may be contributing to highway deaths​ – Brad Templeton
• How does a robocar see a pedestrian and how might Uber have gone wrong?​ – Brad Templeton
• Uber settles quickly – Brad Templeton

SVs/Taxis/Car Sharing

• DiDi and 31 auto industry partners launch the DiDi Auto Alliance —
• Coming soon to the Uber app: bikes, rental cars, and public transportation – The Verge
• Michael Cohen and the absolutely amazing history of the once-coveted New York City taxi medallion – CNN
  • Trump’s ‘Pit Bull’, With Biz Ties To Ukrainian Emigres, Is Back In Spotlight – Talking Points Memo
• JUMP Bikes weighing Uber $100M+ acquisition, investment offers – TechCrunch
• Uber is shutting down its on-demand delivery service, UberRush​ – The Verge

EVs

• Solar PV and wind are on track to replace all coal, oil and gas within two decades – The Conversation

HPVs/Bikes/Pedestrians

• We Must Not Separate the Spike in Vehicular Terrorism with Urban Planning That Neglects Pedestrian – The Stranger

HDVs and Roads

• Street Grids May Make Cities Hotter. Citylab
• Wisconsin Shifts $90M in Road Funding to Foxconn – Governing.com
• A closer look at business cases raises questions about ‘priority’ national infrastructure projects – Crystal Legacy in The Conversation
• Car Makers Step Back From Cars: American auto makers are embarking on a historic shift away from passenger cars, as more-profitable sport-utility vehicles and … – WSJ

Aviation/Space

• Melbourne Airport is going to be as busy as Heathrow, so why the argument about one train line? – The Conversation
• Delta pushes for anonymity in second airport opposition – AJC
• The World’s Busiest Airports – Bloomberg
• MapLab: Airports In Abstraction – Laura Bliss
• FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network – TechCrunch

Transit

• Minneapolis Figured Out the Formula for Increasing Bus Ridership On the A Line – streetsblog
• Minister requests investigation into train passing next to Sydney fire – SMH
• Sydney once had the biggest tram system in the southern hemisphere​ – ABC
• Sydney, Freeways and the Tramway Network – Liam Hogan in meanjin.com.au
• ‘This has been a cock-up’: Sydney light rail contractor sues NSW Government – ABC
• Chinese bike-sharing pioneer Mobike sold to ambitious Meituan Dianping for $2.7B – TechCrunch
• A stoush has erupted between several Melbourne bus companies and the Andrews Government, over the state’s effort to buy up the operators. theage.com.au
•  Thought bubble or big vision? Berejiklian’s plans for Sydney’s future – SMH

Ferries/Ports/Maritime

• We will all pay for NSW ports scandal – Luke Foley (state opposition leader) in SMH

Intercity Rail

• China’s Billions Are Set to Revive Pakistan’s Railways The rail network had become a byword for corruption, delays and filth. bloomberg.com

​Land Use

• ‘Bulldozers in every street’: NSW govt facing suburban revolt over new housing code – SMH
• Infrastructure debate must recognise boom in temporary population Soaring growth in international tourists, students will add to living pressures in coming decade. SMH
• State government rejects plans for Google HQ in Sydney – SMH
• The radical plan to split Sydney into three – The Guardian

Science

• There’s a postal network running through your veins. Can it heal you? SMH
• In Sydney, Australia they’re paving roads with printer toner – CNBC

Economics

• Venture Studios: can startup creation be systematized? – Anand Babu

Justice/Equity

• Five years ago transport authorities drew up a list of 100 stations that most needed lifts. Just five have since had lifts installed. SMH
• The Injustice and Sociopolitics of Transit Decline, 1921-1972 – Yingling Fan

Fantasy

•  Virgin Hyperloop One board member accused of embezzlement  – Las Vegas Review Journal
• The Twin Cities transit revolution that wasn’t Company pitching autonomous ‘pods’ goes out of business –  finance-commerce.com

Retail and Logistics

• Starship Technologies launches autonomous robot delivery services for campuses – venturebeat
• Amazon will now deliver packages to the trunk of your car – The Verge

• People in Transit-Rich Neighborhoods Don’t Spend Less on Transportation – Laura Bliss, Citylab based on work by Mike Smart and Nick Klein exploiting Accessibility Observatory data.
•  A thriving mobility market needs open data – Coord
• Introducing Replica, a next-generation urban planning tool – Coord
• To Predict with Confidence, Plan for Freedom – Jarrett Walker
• Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make​ – Corcoran et al. The Conversation
• Sarkar, S. (2018) Urban scaling and the geographic concentration of inequalities by city size. Environment and Planning B.

Books

• Metropolitan Transport and Land Use: Planning for Place and Plexus by David M. Levinson and Kevin J. Krizek. Routledge.
• Elements of Access: Transport Planning for Engineers, Transport Engineering for Planners. By David M. Levinson, Wes Marshall, Kay Axhausen.
• Spontaneous Access: Reflexions on Designing Cities and Transport (2016) by David Levinson. Network Design Lab
• The End of Traffic and the Future of Access: A Roadmap to the New Transport Landscape. By David M. Levinson and Kevin J. Krizek.
• The Transportation Experience: Second Edition Garrison, William and Levinson, David (2014)