Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Autonomous cars

How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future

By Kea Wilson | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.

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The Brake: How To Quash Arguments Against ‘Speed Limiting’ Technology

By Streetsblog | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

Today on Kea Wilson’s podcast, The Brake, mobility researcher David Zipper gives a breakdown of the most common speed-limiting technologies available today, and to share how he responds to six of the most common concerns about them — from the valid to the downright silly.

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The Brake Podcast: What Would the ‘Post-Automobility’ Future Look Like?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 11, 2022 | No Comments

Here's part two of our discussion with authors Robert Braun and Richard Randell about why automobility isn't really about cars at all — and how it's become what they call a "totalitarian system" that touches virtually every part of our lives.

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Opinion: Stop Trusting Elon Musk — on Tunnels, on Teslas, on Everything

By James Brasuell | Jul 26, 2022 | No Comments

It’s time to set aside Musk’s BS and focus on solutions we know will work: reducing the negative externalities of driving by reducing vehicle miles traveled—not substituting one engine for another or replacing drivers with a computer.

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Why Apple Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone

By Kea Wilson | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Apple's new CarPlay dashboard (!) is prompting a conversation about why regulators aren't taking action on "infotainment" systems that induce the very dangerous driving that manufacturers claim will do the opposite.

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Ford’s Geofenced ‘Speed Limiters’ Might Not Cut Road Deaths As Much As You Think

By Kea Wilson | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The trouble with this "smart" tech, though, is that drivers can easily outsmart it — and that's by the company's and regulators' own design.

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