Autonomous/Automated Vehicles
Streetsblog California
Will ‘Autonomous’ Buses Force Drivers Out of a Job — Or Make Them More Important Than Ever?
Automated vehicle technology could improve labor conditions for bus drivers while improving safety and service for transit passengers and city-dwellers alike — but only if regulators act now, a new analysis argues.
June 1, 2022
Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Our Cities — And Not for the Better
A recent Congressional hearing on "the road ahead for automated vehicles" largely ignored the potentially devastating effect that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.
February 10, 2022
Automatic Braking Doesn’t Work on Dark Streets, Where One-Third of Peds Deaths Happen
Automatic braking systems aren't reliable on dark roads where more than one-third of all walking deaths currently happen, according to a new study.
February 4, 2022
Why Tesla Can Program Its Cars to Break Road Safety Laws
The controversial automaker introduced a new feature that allows drivers to pick one of three custom driving profiles: "chill," "average," and "assertive."
January 13, 2022
What Would Our Cities Look Like If AVs Ruled the Roads?
Autonomous vehicles could unleash a second wave of suburban sprawl that makes cities inhospitable to people outside cars in new ways — unless governments adopt policies to soften their impact now, a new study argues.
September 27, 2021
Top Ten California Automated Vehicle Policy Strategies
Our team, at UC Davis and UC Berkeley, has developed a menu of options to set California on a path toward automated vehicle safety, social equity, mobility, and sustainability.
September 23, 2021
Study: AV Taxis Would Speed Up Climate Change
Autonomous vehicles may make our skies dirtier, even if they’re shared and electric, a new study finds.
June 4, 2021
Why the New Mobility Revolution Leaves Seniors Behind
Elders are being left out of the new mobility revolution — and will be more so by the time autonomous vehicles come around, a new study argues.
March 1, 2021
What the History of Autonomous Vehicles Can Teach About Our Transportation Future
Alex Davies new book, "Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car," offers a glimpse into an industry that will rapidly upend our transportation landscape — and some worry will kill even more vulnerable road users.
January 26, 2021
Could Augmented Reality Windshields End Distracted Driving?
If a new style of head-up design works as designed, cars might be safer.
January 13, 2021
