Jun 26, 2018
Let's catch up on driverless cars, shall we? Last year, we did a primer on autonomous vehicles and policy implications, but it seems like a lot can change in short time with this technology. What's the latest? How does the public feel about it? What are some example scenarios of how we as people might interact with autonomous vehicles in our day-to-day? Brooks Rainwater of the National League of Cities has the research and joins us to flesh it out.
NLC report, "Autonomous Vehicles: Future Scenarios" http://avfutures.nlc.org/
Related news release https://www.nlc.org/article/how-will-autonomous-vehicles-revolutionize-cities
Pew Research Center, "Americans' attitudes toward driverless cars" http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/10/04/americans-attitudes-toward-driverless-vehicles/
AAA, "More Americans Willing to Ride in Fully Self-Driving
Cars"
https://newsroom.aaa.com/2018/01/americans-willing-ride-fully-self-driving-cars/
Municipal Equation Episode 24: Autonomous Vehicles in Your City http://municipalequation.libsyn.com/ep-24-autonomous-vehicles-in-your-city
1971 film clip about driverless car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ocvNxjN3dc