Overdrive

News including luxury car makers vying for the most powerful cars, bad directions from satnavs, WA trials stop and text spots, and better bicycle bells.

Our feature interview with Jonathan Daily on the best urban design for transport.

We road test the Honda Jazz, a popular car in the light car class.

And quirky news including why people spend so much money for the right license plate, a vending machine for cars and a number 1 system for your car.

Originally aired on 3 June 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

170527 - Quirky News by David Brown

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that dabbles in the mystical world of cars and transport.

I’m David Brown

And in this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including:

1. Electric vehicle schemes

2. Autonomous vehicle’s impact on line marking

3. London mayor Sadiq Khan wants to introduce an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in April 2019.

4. Cycling - The Great Leveler

5. V2V capabilities to feature in over 50% of cars sold by 2022, as autonomous vehicles set to take off

Dr Alexa Delbosc from Monash University talks about one of the most critical issues we have in transport planning. The biases we bring to our discussions about the best transport solutions.

And we talk to Nissan Australia’s CEO Richard Amery about his view of what having autonomous cars will really mean.

And in our panel discussion with Errol Smith we take jovial look at stories including:

1. Roger Moore Dead – Remembering his on-screen cars

2. Bear locks itself in car, sounds horn to wake up homeowners

3. Adelaide 'Wetern' suburbs spelling error spotted on new road sign

4. LAX rich persons lounge lets you watch misery of other customers

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You can listen to longer segments of the each of the features by going to our web site at drivenmedia.com.au or podcast the whole program on iTunes or your favourite podcast service.

Originally aired on 27 May 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

I have just been to a conference on Shaping Canberra’s Transport Future, Autonomous vehicles were a major issue.

Now planners have a series of theories and ideas about how AVs will impact the way we travel.

But what do the car companies think?

Automobile companies have a clear image of pleasing the customer with the new technology which is quite understandable but they also have some ideas about just how autonomous will operate

Richard Emery is the CEO of Nissan Australia and he is very optimistic about what AV vehicles can do

Originally aired on 27 May 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

170527 - Alexa Delbosc - Ego by David Brown

An international consortium including the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney is to continue its ground breaking efforts to improve bus rapid transit systems with renewed backing from the Volvo Research and Education Foundation.

Prof Corinne Mulley from the Institute describes their approach.

We been looking at all sorts of things as a consortium about how bus rapid transit could be better placed in cities and provide better mobility for citizens because that's what it's all about what we been doing in Sydney specifically is trying to identify why there appears to be a rail by is not only from politicians but from citizens.

We're done a stated choice experiment in which we've given people to begin with pictures where the was a new tram and old tram, new LRT an old LRT, a new bus and an old bus and ask people which one they preferred and I was staggered that over 50% just on the looks chose the modern LRT.

More recently we've been looking at another stated choice experiment to try and dig down and find out what sort of characteristics are putting people in favour of rail based technology rather than road based technology and there were some interesting features that come out of this.

The two that stand out for me is that actually from buses what citizens appreciate is the greater network that you get for the same amount of dollars spent. So we gave people of fixed budget. You could have this amount of network from another without saying that it was LRT or BRT. SO people chose that feature as being important to them. And the second thing which stood out for me in terms of the research is the role of experience. So in cities like Brisbane where people are familiar with rapid transit it gets very much higher rating in terms of people being prepared to vote for a system that would include BRT.

Institute of Transport and Logistics press release http://sydney.edu.au/business/itls/news_and_events/news/2017/vref_backs_vital_transport_research_with_multimillion_dollar_grant

The Subaru BRZ rear wheel drive sports car and its twin brother the Toyota 86 first came onto our market five years ago.

Subaru has recently upgraded their model a bit and lowered the price by about $1,200 dollars on the manual and about $1700 on the automatic

They don’t sell many but they are selling more.

National Corporate Affairs Manager has I believe a smile on his face and he joins us on the line

Originally aired on 20 May 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

in our panel discussion with Brian Smith and Errol Smith we take an amusinglook at stories including:

1. French nano-cars have a molecular grand prix

2. Road rage cases with guns double in 3 years in US

3. Woman Blames Car Crash On Bigfoot

4. Wellington tyre-slasher sentenced to 22 months in prison

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You can listen to longer segments of the each of the features by going to our web site at drivenmedia.com.au or podcast the whole program on iTunes or your favourite podcast service.

Now to begin the program let’s have the news.

Originally aired on20 May 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that take an expansive look at the world of cars and transport.

I’m David Brown

And in this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including:

1. India's Revolutionary Plan to Make All Its Cars Electric

2. Trump road plan would rely largely on private funding

3. University research shows a few self-driving cars can improve traffic flow

4. £14bn of benefits for the UK could be unlocked by better use of data in transport

5. Niorecords world-beating Nurburgring lap

We talk to Prof Corinne Mulley about Australian contribution to an international consortium on bus rapid transit that is being supported by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation.

And we road test the Subaru BRZ A beautifully balanced sports car with just enough horsepower to use when you are driving.

And in our panel discussion with Brian Smith and Errol Smith we take an amusinglook at stories including:

1. French nano-cars have a molecular grand prix

2. Road rage cases with guns double in 3 years in US

3. Woman Blames Car Crash On Bigfoot

4. Wellington tyre-slasher sentenced to 22 months in prison

Have a question or comment? Send it to [email protected]

You can listen to longer segments of the each of the features by going to our web site at drivenmedia.com.au or podcast the whole program on iTunes or your favourite podcast service.

Originally aired on 20 May 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

The new Suzuki Ignis is officially categorised as a small SUV but that suggests it has come down from the four wheel drive style of car. That’s not it. It is clearly an urban car that can fit into tight spaces and it site high not to get over rough terrain but to have head room and be easy to get into.

It is tall and narrow but it is not Gorky. It is inherently box like yet it comes together as a package.

Spiritual successor to things like the Mazda Metro of the late 90s early 2000s but in looks it is a little less bar fridge and a lot more funky

Andrew Moore, Suzuki Australia General Manager Automobiles joins us on the line now.

Originally aired on 13 May 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au