BRAKE TIME: Autonomous Vehicle Testing Endangers Pedestrians
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An Uber whistleblower wants car companies to pump the brakes on autonomous vehicle testing on public roads.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Self-driving cars
Autonomous Car Industry’s Frightening Vision for Cities
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Cattle gates for pedestrians in NYC. "Antiseptic cities." This is what auto industry officials tell the New York Times they envision for self-driving cars.
Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars
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Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.
Uber Got Off the Hook for Killing a Pedestrian with its Self-Driving Car
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Safety oversight for self-driving car companies is off to a bad start.
Ford to Citizens: Don’t Drop Dead
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Automaker says high-tech gizmos in new cars will save lives — but no one really believes that.
Feds: Self-Driving Car Makers Can Hide Safety Records
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Three people have died in self-driving car related deaths in the last year-plus. But federal regulators will continue to leave safety decisions entirely to the companies.