ABC has posted the first 28 minutes of @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

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

What happened in Sydney’s CBD when signals were reprogrammed to turn green 20 seconds quicker? jakecoppinger.com/2025/09/gree...

Single state, all residents get to vote, those in power lose.

This story is *wild*! Public servants in the roads arm of Sydney's transport authority admit they MISLED their Minister so they could quietly cut planned walking, cycling and safety improvements at a major city intersection:

NSW unveils first of 11 bus depots that will be fully converted with gantry-style fast charging equipment.

This Georgia Town Has More Golf Carts Than Cars And It's By Design

“I’m only Homan after all”

ICYMI: Scenes of BikeSharing in Sydney

Scenes of BikeSharing in Sydney

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 people walking, and will just inconvenience pedestrians to store their bike on the footpath. Often where it is already…

If the US fails to pass a budget, the Governor General should step in and implement a caretaker administration.

This explains soooo much … www.foodandwine.com/fda-warning-...

AFAICT, Australia doesn't have any late night shows to cancel.

wow: a thorough-line connecting the removal of the Embarcadero freeway in the 1990s to yesterday's recall election in SF and why Sunset Chinese were so incredibly animated by the closure of the Great Highway. great blend of local history and journalism

Looks like hydrogen isn't going to blow up after all "From Hype to Shutdown: Europe’s Hydrogen Refueling Network Shrinks" - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/09/17/f...

Flying cars crash … www.bbc.com/news/article...

ICYMI: On Leaked Plans for Trains in Sydney

On Leaked Plans for Trains in Sydney

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 YouTube channel TrainGuy4 -- watch the video for in-depth detailing about the operational changes including ETCS…

I am reading a book on Fascism in France in the first half of the 20th century, and the book reminded how the French military disaster of May 1940 was immediately given two political explanations, who were both completely wrong, but turned out to be extremely persistent. A thread.

Listening to @transportist.net on CBC radio right now, discussing his research on the impact of bigger vehicles on traffic congestion.

Safety as Access Recently published: Levinson, David (2025) “Safety as Access.” Findings, September. [doi]  This paper extends the General Theory of Access by explicitly accounting for safety. Using a capability approach, we show how crash probability and severity systematically reduce lifecycle…

When I read EV plant raided by ICE, I immediately personify the Internal Combustion Engine. The technological struggle is real.

ICYMI: Access Ecology vs Media Ecology

This post is not about Newt Gingrich and Fox news, nor is it about Michio Kaku and string theory. statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/09/07/t...

Are we going to rename "The Defense Sector" to "The War Sector" of the economy?

Access Ecology vs Media Ecology

Road pricing for EVs going back on in Australia www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Road pricing for EVs going back on in Australia www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

ICYMI: Transportist: September 2025

Thank you to @janerockhouse.bsky.social @birminghamlive.bsky.social for highlighting the injustice following a fatal collision as they kick off their road safety campaign.

🔗 Online version of this article

>Sydney’s CBD Light Rail project exemplified this type of risk-aversion, where guideway standards “sourced to America… that would befit a coal train” were interpreted as hard rules, excessively applied to a surface tramway – identified as a key driver of the project’s high cost

Transportist: September 2025

Transportist: September 2025 Welcome to the latest issue of The Transportist, especially to our new readers. As always you can follow me on Mastodon, BlueSky, or RSS. Conferences Mpact Transit + Community (formerly Rail~Volution) October 26-29, 2025 Portland, Oregon My slides from my Web of Nets…

ICYMI: Valuing Travel Time and Reliability from Emerging Connected Vehicle Data

Valuing Travel Time and Reliability from Emerging Connected Vehicle Data

Valuing Travel Time and Reliability from Emerging Connected Vehicle Data Recently published: Mann, Isaac and Levinson, David (2025) Valuing Travel Time and Reliability from Emerging Connected Vehicle Data. Economics of Transportation. Volume 44, December 2025, 100427 [doi] The Value of Travel Time…

The safety issue holding up the reopening of the Bankstown Line as Metro is the lack of $30M in fire hydrants. I assume it operated without hydrants on the platform previously (without incident?). Meanwhile people are subject to real on-road risks. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Punxsutawney Don saw his shadow, so six more weeks of Authoritarianism.

ICYMI: Communication-free Distributed Control Algorithm for autonomous vehicles at intersections

Some historical context for my American friends: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_...

If you’re an Expanse nerd you probably remember Prax talking about simple-complex systems and cascade failure in book 2. Liberal-democracy a simple-complex system and we're seeing a cascade failure, right now. This one is pretty good. Read the whole thing. www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...

No mail for Denmark. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Communication-free Distributed Control Algorithm for autonomous vehicles at intersections

Communication-free Distributed Control Algorithm for autonomous vehicles at intersections Recently published: Alireza Soltani, David M. Levinson, Mohsen Ramezani (2025) Communication-free Distributed Control Algorithm for autonomous vehicles at intersections. Transportation Research Part C:…

At this point in the US it might be easier to just prohibit people than to prohibit guns. “People are not allowed” would solve many problems.

Old People Shouldn’t Drive