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

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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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San Francisco Traffic Stands Still After Cruise AVs Stall in North Beach

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With California having approved the contentious expansion of driverless robotaxis operating in San Francisco , autonomous test vehicles showed their readiness by stalling themselves in the middle of town. Cruise has said it plans eventually to deploy thousands of robotaxis in San Francisco. Gavin Christopher Newsom.”

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California DMV Suspends Cruise Driverless Vehicle Permits

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This represents a major victory for the Alphabet-owned Waymo, as it’s now the only company within the state that’s legally allowed to offer robotaxi services. In fact, having gone through those technological growing pains may be the reason the DMV is only targeting Cruise. Image: Cruise] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. We’re not perfect; the technology is nowhere near ready. Here’s the high-level approach to Google’s autonomous technology.

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Frost & Sullivan: carsharing membership to reach 9.8M in 2025; 19.9% CAGR

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Top cities for Uber customers, based on percentage of receipts, are San Francisco (79%), followed by Dallas (60%) and Los Angeles (54%). High online connectivity and smartphone penetration too have fast tracked the use of P2P carsharing. —Krishna Achuthan, Frost & Sullivan Automotive & Transportation Research Analyst.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. million annually in 2016 to $36.6

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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This is not a technology problem; it’s a business-model problem.”. Throughout his career, he has been a proponent of expanding the reach of technology to more people. I never expected it, given that I have often diverged from mainstream technology into economics and policy. It’s a very dangerous situation,” Alamouti warns.