Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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AV Regulation Through Insurance & More #SDC2022
“When you don’t know what lies around the corner, what you should do is focus on maximizing your options. Slow down, don’t overregulate and maximize your options,” states former Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes in the above video.1 As an Army veteran who led military convoys in Iraq, it is clear that Brandes understands the…
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The Rural Mobility Solution in Plain Site
“The answer for mobility is parked in driveways from coast-to-coast,” according to Katherine Freund, Founder and President of ITNAmerica. Speaking at ITNAmerica’s annual retreat, Freund and her colleagues first painted a grim picture for those people living in rural areas without access to or the ability to drive a car. Terry Bills, Global Transportation Industry…
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Viodi View – 10/15/22
The pains of travel are more than rewarded with the human connection it makes possible. From CES to the Smart Driving Car Summit to the Independent Show, this issue features some of those connections. And speaking of ConneXions, look for Viodi at Calix’s must-see event starting tomorrow and going through Tuesday. Reunion of the Work…
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The Long Run to Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles (AV) provide the opportunity to correct government transportation failures is how the Brookings Institution’s Clifford Winston characterized the potential opportunity provided by autonomous vehicles. Winston spoke to the possible economic impact of autonomous vehicles in an online media briefing (YouTube video) that also included speakers from Princeton and the Reason Foundation who touched…
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Whisk Over the Traffic Jams & Beyond
With seemingly daily announcements (e.g. yesterday’s Joby/Delta home to airport press release) about electric aviation, particularly electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), it is easy to believe that we are at the peak of inflated expectations for this mode of travel. Underlying the public proclamations, glitzy graphics, and slick video animations, there are thousands of…
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Removing Roadblocks for Others – Stephen Still
Stephen Still’s memorial to Heyward Patterson at the 5th Annual SmartDrivingCars Summit provided a tragic example of why better mobility options are needed for the people in countless neighborhoods and regions of the U.S. As background, Heyward Patterson was the so-called jitney driver providing rides to the grocery store for people in Buffalo without a…