Free public transport could be one way to get more people to ditch the car.
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Nissan might have promised post-Brexit investment, but leaving the single market and customs union could change everything for the UK.
Traditional car manufacturing may have gone from Australia with a loss of jobs, but one senior figure in the motor industry sees a potential for new jobs thanks to driverless cars.
A rethink in the approach to road freight transport safety is urgently required to reduce fatalities and injuries.
Despite persistent buzz, the falling cost of electric cars isn’t enough to guarantee sales in Australia.
There’s a reason the next generation of cars look eerily familiar – and we may have a long wait for something completely different.
A sociolinguist wonders if they’ll ever be able to interpret the waves, high beams and middle fingers of human drivers.
Human-operated cars affect health in three main ways, all negatively. How might driverless cars be healthier?
Despite the hype around electric vehicles, sales in most nations, including Canada, remain stagnant. Policy support in California and Norway have helped boost sales.
Road safety campaigns targeting mobile phone use among drivers should emphasise how perceived social pressure is not an acceptable excuse for engaging in the behaviour.
Australian cities generally don’t allow pet dogs on public transport. Instead, owners need their own vehicle to travel with their dogs, and it’s a surprisingly important factor in our car dependency.
While other countries race into the distance, Australia is still on the starting grid when it comes to electric cars. Why so slow? Because we don’t have a proper recharging network.
Millions of Americans rely on public transit to get to school, work or stores, but many can’t get the service they need. ‘Uberizing’ transit by offering more options on demand could fill the gaps.
Could we really reduce the number of vehicles on our roads from 37m to 9m?
Using ride-hailing services full-time would mean avoiding the hassles of owning a car. But it could cost less, too – depending on how you value your time otherwise spent behind the wheel.
In recent years the number of motor vehicles – and the pollution they generate – has grown astronomically, leading some citydwellers to wear facemasks in the hopes of protecting themselves. So do they work?
Billions are being loaned against some fast depreciating assets. It could end in an almighty car crash.
Anxieties about hoodlums in cars was just another expression of an age-old fear of change.
Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
Cars are effectively becoming computers on wheels – and very attractive to cyber criminals.
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor of Transport, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Transport Studies
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Business and Sustainability, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne