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Report: State and Federal Officials Are Asleep at the Wheel on AV Safety
"We have concerns about this technology now — not even considering how complex it might someday become," said one report author.
December 8, 2022
Why the Argo Shut Down Is a Bad Sign For America’s AV Future
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.
November 3, 2022
Buttigieg Hates ‘Murderous’ Human Drivers — But AVs Aren’t The Answer
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.
October 27, 2022
NACTO Pushes Back as Big Auto Seeks Safety Exemption for Driverless Cars
The national association of city transportation officials cries foul as Ford and GM try an end run around the NHTSA for cars without steering wheels and brakes.
September 23, 2022
How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future
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.
September 14, 2022
The Brake: How To Quash Arguments Against ‘Speed Limiting’ Technology
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.
September 6, 2022
The Brake Podcast: What Would the ‘Post-Automobility’ Future Look Like?
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.
August 11, 2022
Opinion: Stop Trusting Elon Musk — on Tunnels, on Teslas, on Everything
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.
July 26, 2022
Why Apple Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone
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.
June 13, 2022
Ford’s Geofenced ‘Speed Limiters’ Might Not Cut Road Deaths As Much As You Think
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.
June 3, 2022
