Autonomous Vehicles – Streetsblog San Francisco

AVs Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking

By Kea Wilson | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, a new study finds, throwing doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.

Does this make you nervous? Image captured from Cruise video

Ready to Share Streets with a Truly Driverless Car?

By Roger Rudick | Dec 10, 2020 | No Comments

Plus Streetsblog calls bullsh*t on the "safety" motivation of Cruise and other AV companies

$Shared autonomous vehicles like Navya’s people mover (shown at the University of Michigan, where it is under testing) are likely to be more city-compatible than those designed for private personal use (Nelson\Nygaard photo)$

Cities and the Autonomous Vehicle Revolution

By Joshua Karlin-Resnick | Jul 10, 2017 | No Comments

Hundreds of people from the automobile and technology industries are gathering at the Automated Vehicles Symposium in San Francisco this week to exchange notes and speculate about the ways autonomous vehicles might change our lives. If this year’s symposium is like others, few of the attendees will be from city agencies like transportation and planning departments. That’s […]