Tag: AV

  • The Long Run to Autonomous Vehicles

    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…

  • My Dream Is to Rebuild the City

    My Dream Is to Rebuild the City

    [Added 1/7/22 – Here is a link to an excellent story regarding Vanessa’s progress and her hope of having 100 more homes like hers renovated in 2023]. With a vision to rebuild Trenton, Vanessa Solivan is a pioneer in a Trenton program that has a double goal of reducing blight while providing a path to…

  • Smarter, Autonomous, & More Efficient Agriculture #CES2022

    Smarter, Autonomous, & More Efficient Agriculture #CES2022

    Although agricultural productivity may not improve at the rate of Moore’s law, its consistent increases in output have proven Malthusian predictions wrong. Agriculture innovation continues as evidenced by the new product offerings shown at the John Deere pavilion at CES2022. In the above interview, Julian Sanchez, Director – Emerging Technology for John Deere, discusses two…

  • To Own or to Use Driverless, That Is the Question

    To paraphrase Shakespeare, to own or to use, that will be the question in a driverless world. This question was an underlying theme of the latest Smart Driving Car Summit, Who Will Build, Sell and Maintain Driverless Cars? With a collective experience of 150+ years of automotive industry experience, this panel, led by the Dispatcher’s…

  • A Culture of Safety Is AV Table Stakes

    A Culture of Safety Is AV Table Stakes

    Building a culture of safety is a prerequisite to building an autonomous vehicle. That’s one conclusion from the insightful Smart Driving Car Summit panel, Safe Enough in the Operational Design Domain. The moderator for this panel, Marjory Blumenthal Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation is well versed in this topic, having recently published two reports on…

  • Technology – A Key Driver on the Road to No More Victims

    Technology – A Key Driver on the Road to No More Victims

    On the eve of 2020, with the proliferation and ease of ridesharing, it is beyond sad that the number one cause of death on U.S. roadways is still drunk driving. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) estimates that someone is injured every two-minutes and someone is killed every 51-minutes in a drunk driving crash. And it’s…