Driverless Cars
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INVASION OF THE BODY-SNATCHERS: Self-Driving Taxis Have Come for Your Roads, Jobs
What could possibly go wrong? Perhaps we get safer streets. Perhaps every taxi driver loses his or her job.
August 25, 2025
Friday Video: Are Driverless Big Rigs a Good Idea?
What will automated trucks really mean for America?
May 30, 2025
Autonomous Car Company Waymo Begins Mapping Our City
They're here. They're queer. Get used to them.
November 3, 2021
Self-Driving Car Industry, Promising Safety, Pushes Back on DOT Plan to Regulate Testing
The proposed rules would make NYC "inhospitable" to life-saving autonomous vehicle technology, reps for tech giants said at a hearing on Wednesday.
September 1, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: Mourning in East New York Edition
A neighborhood grieves the lost of two children two days apart. Plus the rest of the day's news.
March 2, 2020
Autonomous Vehicle CEO: Believe Me, This Will Be Better For Cities
Cars don’t hit and kill people — drivers do, so removing the people behind the wheel will be safer for everyone, says the CEO and co-founder of the latest company to roll out driverless cars.
August 7, 2019
Self-Driving Car Makers Prepare to Blame “Jaywalkers”
Techies and coders basically think pedestrians are in the way and need to be re-educated.
August 17, 2018
How to Design Streets for People in the Era of Robocars
Curbless streets. Safe walking and biking for all. Bus priority. It's up to cities to demand it.
November 2, 2017
GM Should Pay By the Mile to Test Its Robocars in Manhattan
If Governor Cuomo is going to allow autonomous car prototypes to operate in real city conditions, he needs to insist on a prototype for how these vehicles will pay for access to public streets.
October 18, 2017
