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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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May. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

How to price automated vehicles before we have them

 . Today’s policymakers have an opportunity to implement plans that will guide the efficient usage of AVs and rider choices…
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May. 04, 2017 / Gordon Price

Technology and Trucking: An Early Warning

SFU Urban Studies prof Peter Hall passes along this piece by Alice Rivlin, reprinted from the Brookings Institute: We could…
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Oct. 19, 2016 / Gordon Price

A Future without Jobs, Trucking Division

Kent Lundberg contributes this piece from Vox –  an interview with Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU):…
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Oct. 18, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Self-Driving Car and the Self

From New York Magazine.   This article is really good, with lots of surprising insights.  Here are some: The experience…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Driving out the Humans – 3

From The Guardian: The automated city: do we still need humans to run public services? From driverless buses to an AI…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Driving out the Humans – 2

From John Graham: Further to your piece today on autonomous trucks, here is a mind-blowing graphic I found the other…
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Sep. 12, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Hype and Potential of Autonomous Vehicles

From CNU Public Square: New Urbanists Peter Calthorpe and Jerry Walters add a needed perspective on what would otherwise be…
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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. 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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