Transportist: October 2025

Welcome to the latest issue of The Transportist, especially to our new readers.

Oct 7 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Proximity is the Enemy of Mobility (and Mobility is the Enemy of Proximity)

Proximity, how near things are to each other, doesn’t just substitute for mobility, how quickly we can move on the network across space, it undermines…

Oct 7 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Scenes of BikeSharing in Sydney

People parking shared bikes in Sydney, both individual riders, and the organisations (Lime, HelloRide, and Ario) don’t generally seem to care about…

Oct 7 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

On Leaked Plans for Trains in Sydney

The figure below shows plans (slightly better than the Crayon doodlings we all do) published by the Sydney Morning Herald (apparently obtained from…

Oct 7 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Safety as Access

Recently published:

Oct 7 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Access Ecology vs. Media Ecology

NETWORKS AND NEXUS

Oct 7 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

September 2025

Transportist: September 2025

Welcome to the latest issue of The Transportist, especially to our new readers.

Sep 3 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Valuing Travel Time and Reliability from Emerging Connected Vehicle Data

Recently published:

Sep 3 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Communication-free Distributed Control Algorithm for autonomous vehicles at intersections

Recently published:

Sep 3 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

August 2025

A Transport Media Diet

So you want to be as well read as me.

Aug 27 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

Old People Shouldn't Drive

When my Grandpa Jack, who had worked for many years as a driver in New York City, moved to Florida, he naturally continued driving, sometimes longer…

Aug 27 • 

David M Levinson ⁂

July 2025