The Transportist: December 2016
Welcome to the third issue of The Transportist. As always you can follow along at the blog or on Twitter. I am publishing a bit earlier this month in advance of Saturnalia, Festivus, the Solstice, Hannukah, and Kwanzaa and whatever else you might celebrate.
Transportist Posts
Recent Research
Transport News
Uber launches self-driving car in San Francisco, runs red light, says it was human error, is shut down anyway for being illegal - The Guardian
India plans to use Jet engines to blast pollutants above inversion layer. - BBC
Google is launching a new self-driving car company called Waymo - Vox
Michigan lets self-driving cars on roads without human drivers - CNBC (h/t Chris Dixon)
Elementary School Drop-off (Video) (h/t Aaron Naparstek)
California gives Nvidia the go-ahead to test self-driving cars on public roads - Verge
It’s Time to Set Broadway Free - NY Times
Google’s former car guru Chris Urmson is working on his own self-driving company - Recode
Mobile is eating the world - Ben Evans
Power and Utility Megaprojects Run 35% Over Budget on Average - TD World
I asked the general public to contribute their ideas about Australia’s productivity challenges. You won’t believe what happened next.- Thomas the Think Engine
Why Monorails Are the Future (Really This Time) - Adam Minter, Bloomberg
Re: Amazon Go: Some imaginary futuristic bullshit from a decade ago -- IBM RFID Commercial - The Future Market
Amazon unveils smart convenience store sans checkouts, cashiers - Seattle Times
Six maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure - The Washington Post
The ‘Peanutabout’ Concept Could Be a Breakthrough for Diagonal Streets - Streetsblog
George Hotz is giving away the code behind his self-driving car project - The Verge
"An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions" - PLoS One
Stand Clear Of The Doors: TV Finally Gets On Board With Mass Transit - WNYC
Intel creates a dedicated autonomous driving technology group - TechCrunch
Over a Half-Million plug-in cars have been sold in the US - US DOE
Airport Privatization - Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution
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