Overdrive: Car road use pricing; Mercedes “Me” store; Subaru XV
In this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including:
- New Zealand government launches Smarter Transport Pricing project
- Should Doncaster BRT be a priority?
- Ford to open new Smart Mobility Innovation Office in London
- As Uber burns, Lyft promises to meet Paris climate commitments
- Hybrid thermal camera for transport industry applications
We talk to David McCarthy from Mercedes Benz about their upcoming “Me” store whatever that is.
We talk to the Managing Director of Subaru about their new XV small SUV.
And we take a cheerful, look at stories including:
- You Won’t Believe What This Guy Does with a Thermal Camera – Thermal cameras – Can they pick up a fart
- China’s oversupply of shared bikes creating piles of broken, unused bicycles on city streets (amazing photos of unintended consequence)
Originally aired on 24th June 2017.
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About Author
David Brown
David Brown started his working life as a Civil Engineer but you would not want him to design a bridge you wanted to safely walk over. His passion was in traffic engineering and transport planning which is all about how we use our transport systems not how we build them. He soon became involved in commenting on issues through all avenues of the media. He is now a motoring and transport journalist. He test drives a new car each week but his ultimate measure of how good a car is relies on his 12 year old and the Hayden Brown “Will you drive me to school in that car” factor.