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Emerging Technologies

Technological innovations have the potential to dramatically change the way Angelenos travel. While the pace of change is uncertain, new technologies—like driverless vehicles, new mobile applications, and connected vehicles—can provide opportunities for meeting travel needs and reducing the social and environmental costs of our transportation system.
Apr 22, 2018 - The 25 Ways AI Can Revolutionize Transportation: From Driverless Trains to Smart Tracks, Interesting Engineering
Apr 12, 2018 - It’s Time to Regulate ‘Smart City’ Technology, Too, CityLab
Mar 27, 2018 - Here’s the Real Nightmare Scenario for Self-Driving Cars, Vox
Mar 27, 2018 - Autonomous Vehicle Reality, Planetizen
Mar 27, 2018 - The Everyday Ethical Challenges of Self-Driving Cars, The Conversation
Mar 26, 2018 - How Los Angeles is Adapting Urban Mobility for our Digital Age, Eno Center for Transportation
Mar 25, 2018 - Forget Self Driving. The Future is in Self Parking, Wired
Mar 15, 2018 - Even More Evidence That Electric Cars Could Save the Planet, Wired
Mar 14, 2018 - The Future of Transportation Systems, Phys.org
Mar 09, 2018 - If We Don’t Plan For Them, Autonomous Vehicles Could Make Our Car-Dominated Transit System Even Worse, Los Angeles Times
Mar 05, 2018 - Why Driverless Cars Will Mostly be Shared, Not Owned, The Economist
Mar 05, 2018 - We May Look Back on Today’s Traffic as “Light and Dreamy” If We Don’t Get “Urbanism Next” Right, Mobility Lab
Feb 26, 2018 - 7 Transportation IoT Predictions From Cisco, Network World
Feb 26, 2018 - California Green-Lights Cars Without Drivers, San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 21, 2018 - Autonomous Vehicles Are Coming, and California Isn’t Ready, StreetsBlog Cal