Pundits agree that planners need to prepare for self-driving cars. Self-driving cars still need to prepare for planners.
In another sign that self-driving cars aren't ready for the market, the developing technology still fails to recognize the difference between a wedding planner and an urban planner in road tests.
A wedding planner can put together a beautiful floral array and keep the wedding party on schedule with an iron fist.
An urban planner can reduce parking requirements and approve density bonuses for affordable housing construction.
A self-driving car can't tell the difference.
Regulators at the Federal Highway Safety Administration announced Tuesday that none of the prototype models of self-driving cars in creation by the leading auto and tech companies were able to reliably differentiate between Jennifer Lopez's character in the 2001 movie The Wedding Planner and Daniel Burnham, who first coined the phrase "make no little plans" during a series of tests in a controlled environment.
The failure paints a bleak picture for the market feasibility of self-driving cars technology.
FULL STORY: Self-Driving Cars Still Can't Recognize the Difference Between a Wedding Planner and an Urban Planner
No Demand for 'Defensive Driving' Mode in Self-Driving Cars
General Motors recently cancelled development of "Defensive Driving" software in its autonomous vehicle program. The announcement came just days after Ford announced it had cancelled the development of similar "Safe Driving" software.
New Jersey bill would require AVs to use 3 sensing technologies — banning Tesla's robotaxi fleet
Elon Musk has been 'largely alone' in his conviction that radar and lidar sensors are not necessary for the safe operation of autonomous cars.
Feds say robotaxis interfering with first responders is a 'functional insufficiency,' demand solutions by August
The NHTSA issued a letter to autonomous carmakers, noting that 'Every second matters when law enforcement officers, firefighters, or paramedics are answering a call.'
The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
People don’t kill cities. Freeways do.
US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
Jersey City will continue to allow co-location facilities, such as those meant for research institutions that store their own data.
Amtrak not solely to blame for New Jersey commuter rail's unreliability, report finds
A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
Under Monday’s plan, power plants would still have some limits on how much mercury, arsenic and other contaminants they can emit.
Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
Both new services will launch in October, and are part of Phoenix's Project Effective Access Solutions for Easing Congestion.
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