Ben Rippingale

VivaCIty ANZ Business lead. AI Powered Mobility Intelligence for active transport and road safety, making cities smarter, safer and more sustainable.

[Ben Rippingale @rippingale_ben]

World-first Near Miss monitoring for #cycling safety. Thursday Morning AEDST! Register now. https://t.co/J9guUNe3z9

#activetravel #escooters #urbanplanning #RoadSafety

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@cbdbug @JonathanPBryant @bne_lordmayor @WelshGovernment @PrifWeinidog They're also ditching all their road building plans and starting from scratch, prioritising active travel over cars.

https://t.co/lmd7RL8imQ

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In "the most significant change in UK roads building policy over the last 20 years" Wales is scrapping all road building plans to start afresh with an eye on encouraging sustainable and #activetransport over car use.

https://t.co/lmd7RL8imQ

#cycling #escooters #urbanplanning

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Q: How do you make good #activetransport #policy without the right data on how it's being used?
A: You cant! You'd be gambling. Which is fine if youre in the casino but not when it comes to #roadsafety. #smartcity #escooters, #cyclists, #pedestrians
https://t.co/EBAlZrwTFJ

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@BicycleNSW Our smart sensors spotted this at a UK school (hence MPH)- blue=dropoff, red = pickup. Good behaviour during these time but a lot more than 5% speeding outside! I wonder what the real figures are here in Australia? #RoadSafety #pedestrian @VivacityLabs

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We all know a skinner 😂

#cycling #escooters #pedestriansafety #roadsafety #urbandesign

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@AlexaDelbosc Awesome present for new parents to use on the change table

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@BIKESydney Hoo-ray!!! :)

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Can you think about a less efficient way to transport people through your city than cars?

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@WakaKotahiWgtn You'd be amazed at how much vehicle traffic we pick up using bike lanes as an express route....dangerous!

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Its all about the right tools for the job! #smartsignals #cycling #escooters #pedestriansafety #nearmiss #roadsafety #smartcities #trafficmanagement #urbandesign

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@AirportBug Done! Although the link you posted returns a 404, I had to go searching.

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@bne_lordmayor @WiskAero @NewYorker @SEQMayors Sounds fun! If you'd like to know how we helped the 2022 Birmingham Games leave a legacy of reduced congestion and increased active transport, we'd love to speak with you!

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@andrew_lund @cityofmelbourne Brilliant stuff, you go Melbourne!

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@CityNewcastle That's brilliant! Improved foot traffic for local business is one of the big things we pick up when cycles and pedestrians replace cars. If you need to know how it's impacting vehicle journey times, drop me a line :)

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@wwitchofthenw Excellent! That's what we like to see :)

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@pjg2f This is the type of situation we're working with Bicycle Network to avoid - we're using AI to identify dangerous situations, quantify the likelihood of serious accidents, and trace back if it's due to design flaws, user error, or a combination.

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@fietsprofessor Interestingly, the predictions point to congestion worsening with electric vehicles as cost of ownership drops below that of ICE vehicles combined with population growth.

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@katie_cardigan Our team in the UK has been working with a load of school districts on their similar School Streets programs, adding emissions monitoring. CoM already has some of our sensors, would be keen to see some helping Melbourne kids get moving! https://t.co/GFBtQA8Xyx

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Our car-dependent status quo is the result of political choices that have steered decades of financial-, spatial- and design decisions.

It is time to repoliticize these decisions that shape our public spaces.

(via @nicolasblume)