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Feb. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

The TSP Pledge: Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities

From Curbed: Fifteen leading technology and transportation companies announced the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, a voluntary set of…
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Jan. 26, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Changes In Motordom's Fundamentals

One reigning paradigm of Motordom is that we all buy a car as soon as we can, and just keep…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

General Motors Cars Go to "Level Four" with No Manual Controls

The NPR.org reports that General Motors  (GM) will be mass-producing a “self-driving car that has no steering wheel, pedals or any other…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Google likes my idea of the TSP

I’ve been predicting for some time that we will see the rise of the Transportation Service Provider: a single company…
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Jan. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Frankencar Planning

As the age of fully-autonomous vehicles rumbles our way (seemingly unstoppable), you might feel the nag of a few questions…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Driverless Buses Trialled for Seniors in Japan

As reported to the World Economic Forum  cities with large aging populations such as Singapore and Paris are trialling experimental self-driving buses. …
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Nov. 17, 2017 / Gordon Price

Unfolding the Future: Autonomous Lanes

Despite all the talk (and hype) about autonomous vehicles arriving in our cities in the next decade, the problem is…
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Oct. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: ICBC U and driverless cars

Lee Gomes writes at Slate.com about driverless cars, which are occasionally touted as a panacea for traffic congestion and the…
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Nov. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

Electric Autolib’ comes to Paris

World Streets updates the latest addition to Parisian streets: As electric vehicles reduce oil consumption and vehicle carbon emissions on…
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Nov. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

Driverless car era could reshape urban landscape

My Business in Vancouver column: I didn’t really think it was possible to develop a practical driverless car. Until Google…

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