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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment

The Long Run to Autonomous Vehicles

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora speaks at the 5th Annual Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summit at Mayor Donnelley Homes with the May Mobility Autonomous Vehicle.
Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora speaks at the 5th Annual Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summit at Mayor Donnelley Homes with the May Mobility Autonomous Vehicle.

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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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment Smart Driving Car Summit

Safety First at the “Fully” Smart Driving Car Summit*

Figure 2, The Bay Area is where much of the AV testing is taking place in California.
Figure 2, The Bay Area is where much of the AV testing is taking place in California.

It is important to distinguish between those features that enhance safety versus those that provide safety and convenience is how Princeton’s Dr. Alain Kornhauser set the stage for the Smart Driving Car Summit session, Incentivizing Through Regulation. Regulations must ensure that the comfort features, such as Automatic Cruise Control (ACC), do not degrade safety. He […]

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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment Smart Driving Car Summit

A Tipping Point or a Fork in the Road

The evolving role of headquarters. Image courtesy of James Hughes.
The evolving role of headquarters. Image courtesy of James Hughes.

The hypothesis is that that pandemic has forever changed the way we live, work, play, and, most importantly interact, says Dr. Reggie Caudill, Dean Emeritus Martin Tuchman School of Management, NJIT. In making this statement, Caudill set the stage for the latest Smart Car Summit panel on autonomous mobility, At the Tipping Point, for which […]

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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment Cybersecurity Internet of Everything Regulatory

DSRC or 5G?

Cars equipped with DSRC are depicted in this image.
Cars equipped with DSRC are depicted in this image.

Which radio technology will win the day in the autonomous vehicle future; DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) or 5G (or 5GAA (PDF))? As Brian Daugherty, CTO of the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) suggests in the above interview, these different radio technologies are likely to be complementary, fulfilling different needs. An important premise is […]

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