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Urban Planning Mobility Infrastructure Tech

Webinar: Tech To Reduce Guesswork for Safer Streets

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments jeff bezos rocket ship, mobility, joe biden, jeff bezos, ITS, intersections, intelligent transportation systems, pedestrian safety, public safety, switching costs, traffic safety, traffic management, traffic, tony geara, redundancy, smart transportation, sensors, safe streets, rsu, roadside unit, breaking up big tech, break up big tech, big tech, AWS, Amazon Web Services, amazon web service, amazon, elizabeth warren, distributed structures, Detroit, cloud computing, CASE, connected autonomous shared electric, connected autonomous, cycling safety, connected, congestion

Traffic technology has improved by leaps and bounds in recent decades. While the ultimate solutions to ending traffic violence must come with better street designs and a reduced reliance on single-occupant automobiles, there are some interesting developments in technology that are allowing better modeling to understand driver behavior, intersection safety, and more. We learned about it from a webinar co-hosted by Canadian tech company Miovision.

Business & Economics Book Reviews

Book Review – Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley, by Emily Chang

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments patriarchy, monogamy, misogyny, intel, heteropatriarchy, google, Uber, trilogy, silicon valley, sexism, sex, rock and roll, robert noyce, fairchild semiconductor, brotopia, breaking up the boys' club of silicon valley, bloomberg technology, bloomberg, big tech, apple, employer-provided childcare, emily chang bloomberg, emily chang, drugs, dot-com bubble, dot-com, california, childcare

A few weeks ago, I finished Emily Chang’s Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley, which came out

Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, by Alex Davies

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments palo alto, new mobility, nevada, mountain view, mobility, infrastructure, GM, general motors, ford motor company, william mitchell, transportation, the race to create an autonomous car, tech bros, tech, Ford, Ford Corktown, AVs, big tech, AV's, autonomous vehicles, autonomous cars, automotive sector, automotive industry, auto industry, argo AI, argo, anthony levandowski, alex davies, driven the race to create an autonomous car alex davies, driven the race to create an autonomous car, driven, DARPA, cruise automation, Cruise, connected vehicles

Weekend Read. This book, Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, is worth reading for anyone who is interested

Finance Business & Economics

Breaking Up Big Tech? Why It Might Be Time To Revisit Antitrust Law

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments mark zuckerberg, post-scarcity, GDPR, stock market, socialism, big tech, FAANG, democratic socialism, elizabeth warren, competition

The concept of “breaking up big tech” has come up a lot in discussions with presidential hopefuls, US Senators Bernie

Urban Planning Affordable housing

Sorry, Tim– Pocket Change Can’t Fix Suburbia.

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Zoning, palo alto, mountain view, high-speed rail, google, affordable housing, YIMBY, transit, sunnyvale, san jose, regional planning, big tech, bay area, BART, apple, california, Density

Apple just announced that it’s committing a bunch of money to housing development in the Bay Area. That’s good, right?!