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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

Yuste, a professor of biology at Columbia University who studies neural circuitry, has been promoting the idea of neurorights for nearly a decade now. Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat. He first raised the issue through his involvement with the.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

million annually in 2016 to $36.6 DOT, NHTSA and the University of Michigan. Although Google’s ultimate vision is autonomous vehicles that do not need a steering wheel or brakes, for legal compliance, these 25-mph prototypes will have both should a driver need to take over. billion by 2025. Think of a. Talk amongst yourselves.

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Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates

Cars That Think

In my article " A Father's Perspective About Daughters and Engineering ," published in 2016, I shared my frustration about the lack of role models and the cultural messages that had left my two brilliant daughters—and many of their female friends—with little interest in pursuing an engineering career. Is it personal?

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