The Transportist: October 2017
Welcome to the October 2017 issue of The Transportist. As always you can follow along at the blog or on Twitter.
Announcements
We are pleased to announce the print publication of our latest book The End of Traffic and the Future of Access: A Roadmap to the New Transport Landscape
Softcover, Black and White ($US 18.88)*
Softcover, Color ($US 28.88)*
Hardcover, High Quality Color ($US 67.49)*
PDF ($US 9.99)
Kindle ($US 9.99)
iBooks ($US 9.99)
This is the Third Edition of The End of Traffic and the Future of Transport. It has been updated and reorganized, with new chapters on Connectivity, Demassification, Dematerialization, and Delivery, and new data where available. It is also available in a gorgeous PDF version, in addition to the updated ePub.
Table of Contents
Preface: The Lost Joy of Automobility
What Happened to Traffic?
1. Climbing Mount Auto: The Rise of Cars in the 20th Century [PREVIEW]
2. Less Traffic is a Good Thing
3. What Killed America’s Traffic?
4. Pace of Change
5. Electrification
6. Automation
7. Connectivity
8. MaaS Transport
9. Demassification
10. Dematerialization
11. Delivery
12. Transit
13. Up and Out: The Future of Travel Demand and Where We Live
14. Reduce, Reuse, (re)Cycle
15. Pricing
16. Redeeming Transport
A. The Traditional Transport Engineer
B. Traffic, What Is It?
C. Forecasting
D. Access, What Is It?
E. (Why) Is Transport Underfunded?
Jobs
Transportist Posts
Media Appearances
Transport News
Transit
Free bus passes for workers: Columbus's big idea to relieve a congested downtown - The Guardian
Could this study explain why Metro is losing riders to Uber and Lyft? - WaPo
Before Derailments at Penn Station, Competing Priorities Led to Disrepair - NY Times
Trends in journey to work mode shares in Australian cities to 2016 - Charting Transport
Roads
Money for jams Congestion charging is back on my list of good ideas - Thomas the Think Engine
Pressure builds on state government to sweeten WestConnex sale - SMH
Trump backs off vow that private sector should help pay for infrastructure package - WaPo
Singapore to Stop Adding Cars on Its Roads From February 2018 - Bloomberg
AVs
Opinion | Driverless Cars Made Me Nervous. Then I Tried One. - NY Times
Why Disney Should Take The Lead On Self-Driving Cars - Modeled Behavior
On the Road to Fully Self-Driving - Waymo [PDF]
Baidu plans to mass produce Level 4 self-driving cars with BAIC - TechCrunch
Autonomous cars without backup drivers could come to California roads before June - SJ Mercury News
LeBron James will star in the first big ad push for self-driving cars - Business Insider
Let’s Talk Self-Driving Cars – Waymo - Medium
It sure looks like Waymo is getting ready to launch in Phoenix - ArsTechnica
G.M. Acquires Strobe, Start-Up Focused on Driverless Technology - NY Times
GM accepts all liability in robocars, and other news - Brad Templeton
Where Driverless Cars Brake for Golf Carts - NY Times
Just how excited are consumers about autonomous cars? - Jim Pethokoukis
Robocars will make traffic worse before it gets better - Brad Templeton
Self-Driving Car Doomsday Scenarios - Twitter Moments
Delphi, major partner of BMW and Intel, dropped $450 million on NuTonomy - CNBC
CVs
EVs / Energy / Environment
London Adds Charge for Older Diesel Vehicles to Fight Pollution - NY Times
The government's energy policy hinges on some tricky wordplay about coal's role -. theconversation
Malcolm Turnbull's national energy guarantee plan masks a carbon price - SMH
Power Sector Carbon Index Finds GHG Intensity Down 1%, With Renewables Up 23% in Q2 of 2017 - Medium
G.M. and Ford Lay Out Plans to Expand Electric Models - NY Times
HPVs / Bikes
World's biggest bike-share company Ofo to bring hundreds more bikes to Sydney - SMH
Dockless bike share – oBike vs ReddyGo - Books, biscuits and bicycles…
Bike-Sharing Is Flourishing in Washington. Can the City Handle It? - NY Times
Hero throws oBike under car to stop masked teen armed with knife on Flinders Street - SMH
SVs / Taxis
Is Uber Helping or Hurting Mass Transit? - NY Times
Uber Pushed the Limits of the Law. Now Comes the Reckoning - Bloomberg
Former Uber CEO Names Two Directors Without Consulting Board - Bloomberg
Uber Finally Sees Decline in Riders - SF Weekly
Canals/Shipping/Maritime/Ferries
Sydney Ferry Timetable Changes Reviewed - Robin Sandell
Land Use
Google’s Founders Wanted to Shape a City. Toronto Is Their Chance. - NY Times
The Incredible Shrinking Yard! - Trulia
Cities and Suburbs Are Becoming Pretty Similar - Tyler Cowen at Bloomberg
Equity / Justice
Safety
SUVs double pedestrians' risk of death - New Scientist
'It will never happen to me': The problem with road safety campaigns - SMH
Fantasy
State officials say Elon Musk is starting his high-speed NY-DC hyperloop project in Maryland - Baltimore Sun
Why does Elon Musk make me so cross? - Thomas the Think Engine
Elon Musk promises 'anywhere in the world in one hour' - SMH
Retail / Delivery
Amazon Key takes deliveries to new level: Inside your home - CNET
Honda's Got A New Robot Pal That Will Carry Your Crap And Be That Hot Dog Stand You Wanted - jalopnik
UAVs, Aviation and Space
EasyJet says it could be flying electric planes within a decade – The Guardian
Project Loon's LTE balloons are flying over Puerto Rico - Engadget
Can’t we agree to just not have Heathrow at all? - David Mitchell theguardian.com
City in the Sky - PBS (Documentary on aviation)
Amazon Energy? Amazon Looks To Deploy Drones To Recharge Electric Cars And Other Vehicles - CB Insights
Trains
California bullet train costs up $1.7 billion for Central Valley segment - LA Times
The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” - The NewYorker