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Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Our Cities — And Not for the Better
By Kea Wilson |
A recent Congressional hearing on “the road ahead for automated vehicles” largely ignored the potentially devastating effects that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.
What Would Our Cities Look Like If AVs Ruled the Roads?
By Kea Wilson |
Autonomous vehicles could still unleash a second wave of suburban sprawl that makes cities inhospitable to people outside cars in new ways.
Study: Most Drivers Don’t Know the Difference Between AVs and Driver Assistance Tech
By Kea Wilson |
The majority of vehicle owners think that the installation of advanced driver assistance technology qualifies their car as a "fully automated self driving vehicle," a new study shows.
Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones
By Gersh Kuntzman |
Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.
Buttigieg Wants to Replace ‘Murderous’ Human Drivers — But AVs Aren’t The Answer
By Kea Wilson |
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg delivered a shockingly candid take on the driver aggression the recklessness that is fueling a road violence epidemic that killed nearly 43,000 people last year.
Car Companies Failed at Regulating Themselves. Why Would Autonomous Car Companies Be Different?
By Angie Schmitt |
A system in which AV companies make the rules is going to fail.