Just like the computer, and the car before that, autonomous vehicles will send substantial and numerous shock waves through the world economy. You would be hard pressed to find an industry that will not be impacted (for good or for bad) by autonomous vehicles. Importantly, the economic impacts of the autonomous car will be magnified … More The Economic Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles
It’s the end of parking as we know it, and I feel fine… We have an egregious amount of parking in the United States. A lot of that parking can be blamed on planning blunders in the past. But it is also fundamentally tied to the fact that we own our cars and we own … More The End of Parking
One of the thorniest problems facing driverless cars has nothing to do with technology or bureaucracy or personal anxiety over the technology. Instead its an ethical dilemma, a moral quandary. Robots will be placed in a position to make decisions about human life. Up until recently, this has been the stuff of science fiction. Fodder … More The Trolley Problem
First let me state that I am a huge fan of Jeff Speck. I’ve read a lot of his work. I’ve seen several of his presentations. And I support his vision for cities and the all important street. A few months ago Jeff extrapolated his theories of urbanism to autonomous vehicles in an article published … More Ten rules for cities about automated vehicles
An oft cited benefit of driverless cars is that they will reduce congestion. This study by Tientrakool, Ho and Maxemchuk from Columbia University is one of the first that studies why and how that might be the case. They look at the question from the perspective of highway capacity. They don’t explore the impacts of … More Highway Capacity Benefits from Using Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication and Sensors for Collision Avoidance
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