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

Accessibility and the Ring of Unreliability

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
Maybe urban truck traffic isn’t rising after all – SSTI
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
Tinker With a Neural Network Right Here in Your Browser. Don’t Worry, You Can’t Break It. We Promise.
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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