Autonomous Vehicles

Automated mobility technologies are coming. How do we ensure that they serve everyone?

February 4, 2021 - Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon

On January 8, the U.S. Department of Transportation released "Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies: Automated Vehicles 4.0 (AV 4.0)." On January 11, it followed up with the Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan (AVCP).

January 12, 2021 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

One of the highest-profile, and most legally fraught, efforts to beat the competition into the autonomous vehicles market is now defunct.

December 8, 2020 - The New York Times

Is this the "Kitty Hawk moment" driverless car companies have been seeking?

October 9, 2020 - Waymo

The broader safety implications of the death of Elaine Hertzberg after being struck by an Uber autonomous vehicle in Tempe is still being litigated. Last week, the back-up driver of the vehicle was charged with negligent homicide.

September 21, 2020 - NPR

Anthony M. Townsend's new book goes beyond autonomous automobiles to examine autonomous transportation in a larger context.

August 26, 2020 - Inside Higher Ed

CTtransit will work with Robotic Research LLC, New Flyer of America, and the Center for Transportation and Environment to be the first public transit provider in the United States to operate full-sized, autonomous buses.

July 1, 2020 - Smart Cities Dive

While some driverless car companies have expanded operations in the past month, some industry observers caution that the business of autonomous vehicles remains stuck in neutral.

April 13, 2020 - Axios

Autonomous vehicle technology assumes that partial automation, where people are in control of vehicles at varying levels, is feasible. But research shows this is not how humans behave.

March 5, 2020 - Fast Company

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program has released a report that looks at the effects of new transportation-related technologies on public agencies .

February 16, 2020 - TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program

GM's first non-internal combustion engine vehicle assembly plant will be in the form of 35-year-old plant straddling the Detroit-Hamtramck border thanks in part to a $2.27 billion state tax credit. Electric pickups, SUVs, and AVs will be produced.

January 30, 2020 - Detroit Free Press

The U.S. Department of Transportation, under fire for not doing enough to prevent an Uber self-driving car from killing a pedestrian in Tempe in 2018, has released the latest iteration of guidelines for autonomous vehicle technology.

January 13, 2020 - Smart Cities Dive

Safety driver not included.

December 23, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive

Walmart is planning on delivering groceries autonomously in Houston at some point in 2020.

December 11, 2019 - TechCrunch

Waymo, like Google a company of Alphabet Inc., has been offering self-driving ride-hailing service to the public for a year, providing 100,000 rides in the Phoenix area in the process.

December 10, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive

A small group of test subjects, enabled with the use of a chauffeur, increased driving distances by a collective 83 percent.

November 19, 2019 - Jalopnik

The story of how the autonomous delivery company Nuro has taken to the streets of Houston to map the city and test its concept.

November 14, 2019 - The Washington Poast

Autonomous micromobility could solve some of dockless bike and scooter share companies' largest remaining challenges, like the local availability of scooters and conformity to local and federal regulations.

October 16, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive

A new guide says cities need to plan now for AVs so they are not caught off guard when the technology finally arrives.

September 25, 2019 - Wired

The AV shuttles transporting passengers around the Brooklyn Navy Yard offer a chance to see the technology in action.

August 18, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive