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Sep. 15, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Riding an Uberbot

UBER has a fleet of self-driving cars in operation in Pittsburgh.  Several journalists have taken a ride. Read excerpts from…
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Sep. 02, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Uberworld — the Promise

The Economist looks at autonomous vehicles.  The article glows with the familiar wild optimism of Silicon Valley hubris, and none of…
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May. 13, 2016 / Gordon Price

Autonomous Vehicles and City Building

Sandy James: This piece has just come out from Ryerson on the issue of autonomous vehicles. I took one look…
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Apr. 20, 2016 / Gordon Price

Truck Platooning has arrived

Not quite ready for prime time – but already on the roads.  From The Guardian:     “Truck platooning” involves…
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Feb. 01, 2016 / Gordon Price

Automated Vehicles and the Future – 1

This jumped out in a Newsweek article: Uber reports that in some cities, one-third of its trips begin or end at…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Do Driverless Cars Dream of Electric Bikes?

From the New York Times Magazine: . The cars now being tested by Google, BMW, Ford and others all see…
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Aug. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

How self-driving cars may move at an intersection

Widely retweeted, but too much fun not to include here: .…
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Jun. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Seniors, Sprawl and Solutions

Scot found this in Vox: Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation system totally fails them . Sprawl forces…
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Jun. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Futurist Looks at Where Cars Are Going

From the New York Times: . Eric Larsen heads research in society and technology at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development in…
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Jan. 27, 2015 / Gordon Price

Another Unexpected Consequence of Driverless Cars

Said Tara Grescoe: “The more I read about self-driving cars, the more I realize that nobody knows what they’ll mean…
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Aug. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

Automation: "So it goes with autos, so it goes for everything"

So says CGP Grey about the impact of automation on employment in “Humans Need Not Apply – a discussion not…
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Jul. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: Taras Grescoe on self-driving cars

The more I read about self-driving cars, the more I realize that nobody knows what they’ll mean for our cities.…
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Jun. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

#Neil21: “How many Jakriborgs is that?”

Frequent PT commenter Neil21 is now a contributor for Strong Towns.  In his recent column – Marginal cost of transportation:…
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Jun. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Big Benefit of Automated Cars

From the NYT Upshot: How much safer would driving be if robots replaced humans on the roads? … Two studies by…

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