Book Review – Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car
Can autonomous cars save us? Well, no, but they can provide some vital innovation to our society. Provided we play our cards right, that is. Anthony Townsend’s book gives us the lowdown.
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Mobility
Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
Angie Schmitt’s Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America (2020) is a must-read
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Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, by Alex Davies
Weekend Read. This book, Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, is worth reading for anyone who is interested
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From Fantasy To Innovation: The Autonomous Car in Film History
Rudolf Zehetgruber’s 1971 West German film, “Ein Käfer geht aufs Ganze,” is a primitive example of autonomous cars in film, traveling off the beaten path made before it by the likes of Disney’s Herbie (1968).
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Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project
Michigan Central Station, the iconic, hulking, centenarian structure that has sat vacant for decades, is perhaps the flagship redevelopment project
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Cracks Become Fissures in America’s Gig Economy
The gig economy is taking a hit from COVID-related lockdowns, forcing policymakers to reckon with the complex and problematic nature of 1099 employment.
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Transportation Bonanza 11: The Rural, The Urban, And The MDOT
Nat takes a snowy Thursday trip to the capital to attend the Transportation Bonanza in Lansing with other planners, engineers, and nerds.
Read MoreCompanies Have Spent $16 Billion On Autonomous Vehicles
Handbuilt co-conspirator Tom Van Heeke (GM) shared this with me via a tweet on the subject this morning– that companies
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