Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Self-Driving Cars

Why the Argo Shut Down Is a Bad Sign For America’s AV Future

By Kea Wilson | Nov 3, 2022 | No Comments

A vehicle automation company known for prioritizing the concerns of vulnerable road users more than others in the industry is closing — and it's sparking new questions about whether the companies that remain can afford to put safety first.

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Buttigieg Hates ‘Murderous’ Human Drivers — But AVs Aren’t The Answer

By Kea Wilson | Oct 27, 2022 | No Comments

In shilling for the AV industry, the U.S. Transportation Secretary is succumbing to a fallacy that the goal of reducing car crash deaths and serious injuries is the same as ending them completely.

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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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Will ‘Autonomous’ Buses Force Drivers Out of a Job — Or Make Them More Important Than Ever?

By Kea Wilson | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

Automated vehicle technology could improve labor conditions for bus drivers while improving safety and service for transit passengers and city-dwellers alike — but only if regulators act now, a new analysis argues.

A new era of accidents will dawn as more automakers test driverless cars on public roads, Jessie Singer writes in her new book: "We’ll soon see deaths born not of human mistakes but of the inhuman nature of machines programmed to ignore human life."

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Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Our Cities — And Not for the Better

By Kea Wilson | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

A recent Congressional hearing on "the road ahead for automated vehicles" largely ignored the potentially devastating effect that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.

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Streetsblog Watched ‘American Auto’ … So Now You Don’t Have To

By Kea Wilson | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments

Many Americans would love to watch a competent satire about the sheer absurdity and cruelty of the auto industry. Alas, "American Auto" is not that show.

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