SPUR San Jose Forum: Robocar: Utopia or Dystopia?

From SPUR:

Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:30 p.m.
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Image courtesy of Flickr user Justin in SD

This event will take place in San Jose.

What are the transportation planning impacts of cars that can drive themselves? Would they make freeways work better and eliminate the need for parking, and even car ownership, by coming to your location when called? Come hear about these possibilities and more ways that the future of cities could change with driverless cars.

+ Steve Raney / Cities21
+ Ratna Amin / SPUR

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