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Will self-driving cars kill parking? https://t.co/I6rdlwQa8F via @techcrunch
Some people have postulated that autonomous ridesharing cars will never need to park and cities of the future will not need street parking, parking lots or parking garages. But parking is far from dead. In fact, the $100 billion market may be poised to grow.
Lyft Will Pay Chicagoans $550 to Ditch Their Cars for a Month https://t.co/tbmEppEq5E
Lyft is offering 100 Chicago residents $550 in mobility-service credits to ditch their cars for a month.
Uber Parks Its Self-Driving Truck Project, Saying It Will Push For Autonomous Cars https://t.co/xqsrwoY6ro
The move comes after Uber has spent roughly $925 million in recent years to jump-start its effort to create a viable line of self-driving freight trucks.
How Will Autonomous Cars Respond to Emergency Vehicles? via @forbes https://t.co/drv7lZlfxF
As we get closer to the widespread deployment of autonomous vehicles, there’s still discussions about what sensors will be required to make these vehicles safe. Those discussions usually revolve around cameras, radar, LiDAR (Light Distance and Ranging), and ultrasonic. There’s one sensor missing
Can Waymo Self-Driving Cars Help Fix Phoenix's Public Transit? https://t.co/JjrAPyrEfr via @WIRED
The Silicon Valley self-driving company just announced a partnership with Phoenix’s Valley Metro, which prompts the age-old question: Can a private tech company provide solutions for the masses?
Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock https://t.co/A6vSr0fhC1 via @Verge
Skeptics say full autonomy could be farther away than the industry admits
This could be the future of aggregated real-time traffic data collection. Forget Google Maps - New live Street View will blow your mind https://t.co/bFNaGi1noe
A NEW LIVE Street View competitor has emerged that could force many Google Maps users to forget about the service in the future.
Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up https://t.co/g9e89wN8Z8 via @techcrunch
I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glim…
China's Luxury Electric Car Market Picks Up Speed https://t.co/MguKrZs0Xo
Despite Tesla's confirmation of a gigafactory in Shanghai, China's luxury electric car brands remain firmly in the driving seat.
Uber, Waymo and others to study the 'human impact' of self-driving cars https://t.co/WXCG901S75 via @engadget
They've formed a nonprofit group that will examine how workers might be impacted.
Uber testing out cheaper fares for people who are willing to wait https://t.co/SGldlSIpJJ via @MailOnline
The ridesharing giant Uber is reportedly testing out cheaper rides for people who wait. An Uber employee shared screenshot giving rider cheaper fare for longer wait time.
How Chicago Is Using Data to Reduce Car Crashes on City Streets https://t.co/qYmoLMi26d via @ChicagoInno
Through new and existing data-based initiatives, the city of Chicago is aiming to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes by 2026.
How Maps Became the New Search Box https://t.co/tFJYOOURMn via @WIRED
As the world becomes infused with tech, a fleet of companies are racing to build maps that help users navigate.
Uber and Lyft are not just aiming to become autonomous car subscription schemes
Ride-hailing companies are diversifying away from their core business, but right into more direct competition.
US cell carriers are selling access to your real-time phone location data
The company embroiled in a privacy row has "direct connections" to all major US wireless carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint -- and Canadian cell networks, too.
Tesla on Autopilot system sped up, didn’t brake before crash, federal investigators say https://t.co/pI92Q6IZNn
Company executives have said the driver, whose hands were not detected on the wheel, had time to act but didn’t.
Connected Cars Can Lie, Posing a New Threat to Smart Cities https://t.co/3lC1MV9VMZ
25 Essential Drives for a U.S. Road Trip
As you make your way across mainland America, be sure to look into these worthy roads.
Transportation as an Ad-Free Service (TaaAFS) !
The ad-supported business model that ruined the internet could come for transportation next.
This drone learned to fly through streets by studying driverless-car data
Simple sensors and stripped-down AI could enable drones to zip through cities more safely.
Will Self-Driving Cars Make Us All into a Bunch of Drunks?
They could completely alter the face of the restaurant, bar, and car industries.
Why Is Transit Ridership Declining?
Over the past two years or so, transit ridership has begun to decline. It seems that this decline has been most widespread among cities with relatively weak transit systems.
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