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Mar. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Do We Accept That Autonomous Vehicles Will Kill Pedestrians?

Autonomous Vehicles (or AVs) were to make life easier with less road crashes and carnage. Nearly 38,000 people in the…
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Mar. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Report: Urban Mobility Disruptors

Aaron Knorr is a senior architect with Perkins + Will.  But, according to his business card, he’s also a “Future…
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Mar. 21, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Vehicle Kills Pedestrian Walking with a Bike

With a death of a pedestrian the seemingly relentless march forward of autonomous vehicles has taken a pause as reported by…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Inevitable Occurs

This just in:…
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Mar. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

AVs: Heaven or Hell?

Robin Chase of osmosys.org joins the discussion (debate?) on the impacts of AVs – autonomous vehicles.  Her perspective is binary:…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

Friday Funny: Why Motordom Mostly Works

From XKCD:…
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Feb. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

How We Pay For Urban Transportation~ New Westminster's Innovation Thursday

From City Councillor and Urbanist Patrick Johnstone, on the City of New Westminster’s Transportation Forums at Innovation Week: Thursday March…
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Feb. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Legacy of Autonomous Vehicles? Congesting Cities!

Allison Arieff in her New York Times signature style  nails the conversation down on why Autonomous Vehicles can certainly drive themselves,…
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Feb. 27, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Shuttle Vehicles First on Public Streets in Britain

What do you do when you are the active transportation manager for one of the largest industrial parks in Great…
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Feb. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Innovation Week with the City of New Westminster!

Innovation Week FEBRUARY 23 – MARCH 3, 2018 Innovation isn’t just about technology, it’s about creativity, problem solving, collaboration, and…
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Feb. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

Lecture and Webcast: Disruption All Around – Feb 28

Public Lecture and Webcast ​Disruption All Around! How People, Platforms and Planning are Shaping the New Mobility   Today, more…
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Feb. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

Observation from Alex: On Automation and Trucking

Alex Botta is one of the reasons why the Comment sections on Price Tags are consistently worth reading: thoughtful, researched…
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Feb. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

Counterintuition: Automation, cars and jobs

Two items that add nuance to some of the current perceptions about the impact of automation on vehicles, and hence…
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Gordon Price

Automated vehicles: The problem with cyclists

From Slate: Autonomous cars have a potentially fatal flaw: They struggle to detect and react to cyclists on the road.…

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