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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
Waymo to Buy Up to 62,000 Chrysler Minivans for Ride-Hailing Service https://t.co/1I6UHQVzQ3
The agreement signals that the Google driverless-technology spinoff plans a rapid start for a business set to get underway later this year.
Mapbox launches Vision SDK and partners with Mobileye to manage self-driving car data https://t.co/LrBcVAs1K5 via @VentureBeat
Mapbox announced the launch of its Vision SDK, an AI-powered toolkit that allows developers to alert drivers of objects on the road. It also announced a partnership with Mobileye that’ll see …
Uber’s semi-autonomous car detected the pedestrian six seconds before the fatal crash, a federal agency says https://t.co/Otb79VB6od via @Recode
The National Traffic Safety Board said Uber’s system depends on the driver to brake in emergencies.
SPUR Talk: The Importance of Good Data in Achieving Vision Zero https://t.co/kglw8WEXiY via @StreetsblogSF
Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the conten…
Are self-driving cars safe for our cities? https://t.co/LAzhuel8ME via @Curbed
Autonomous vehicles are designed to save lives. Should we let them test on public streets?
U.S. drone program taps Alphabet, passes over Amazon, China's DJI https://t.co/3QehcBDIhh
The U.S. Transportation Department's 10 winning drone pilot projects aimed at spurring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in a wide variety of fields do not include Amazon.com Inc and China's DJI, but do involve Alphabet Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Microsoft Corp.
Lyft's monthly subscription plan gets a waitlist https://t.co/d7tuljEo4O via @techcrunch
Lyft is moving ahead with tests of the All-Access plan, a monthly subscription service for rides through the Lyft platform. In the next couple of hours, a select group of riders will see an option …
Self-Driving Cars Won't Need Accurate Digital Maps, MIT Experts Say https://t.co/sogZJ3T3h7
A rough map of all the world's roads can fit on a flash drive—and it's all that self-driving cars will need
Why Some Cities Have Had Enough of Waze | National News | US News https://t.co/QxpNuFHnBv
Start-up-turned-tech-giant Waze solves traffic problems for some users, but creates traffic challenges for others.
What Drives Value At Electric Scooter Sharing Startups Like Bird? via @forbes https://t.co/MCqlFExZNF
Over recent years, the overwhelming success of several startups like Uber and Airbnb has spawned an interest in the “sharing economy.”
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.
Who pays for autonomous driving fatalities? https://t.co/vQCEL5P4L0 via @DigitalTrends
Human drivers are still far more dangerous than autonomous cars, but if you’re not really at the wheel, whose fault is it if there’s an accident, or worse, a fatality? The insurance industry has been slow to respond, and nothing has yet been decided in the courts.
Tesla and Waymo are taking wildly different paths to creating self-driving cars https://t.co/xySxwvszZ3 via @Verge
Autonomous cars won’t happen without tons of data, but Tesla and Waymo have a big head start.
Why the transportation sector needs data scientists https://t.co/0HgGsUIllX via @VentureBeat
The transportation industry is ripe for advancement. With the addition of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, the industry might not be recognizable in 10 or 20 years. More connectivity means fu…
Google Maps is testing directions based on the nearest fast-food spot https://t.co/M9OzorBhfs via @mashable
"Head north" becomes "head toward Taco Bell."
Survey: Reliable travel times No. 1 priority for DC-area commuters | WTOP https://t.co/3H2IvTSQ5q via @WTOP
Being able to count on getting somewhere without unexpected delays was, by far, the most frequently selected priority in a survey conducted by the region’s Transportation Planning Board — but it is also one of the most persistent problems in the region, data from Virginia suggest.
Luminar's New Lidar Could Bring Vision to Every Robocar in the World https://t.co/9iwNTY4JgJ via @WIRED
The company run by a 23-year-old photonics genius is ramping up production as self-driving cars get closer to reality.
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