What do self-driving cars, elderly people and elevators have in common? Maybe more than we think. In an expose by Dan Wang from Columbia Business School, there seems to be a proven and historical path forward for societal acceptance of autonomous cars. In the early 1900s, all elevators had a person inside that operated the…
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Waymo (formerly Google’s self-driving car program) is in more than 25 cities across the country and each city location contributes something unique and valuable for building a driver system that’s capable of fully autonomous driving. Today they are driving more than a hundred thousand miles per week and from a technical perspective, this is a…
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Tesla’s Autopilot, Intel’s Mobileye, and a suite of other technologies are making self-driving autonomous cars closer and closer to reality. According to Austin Russell of Luminar though, camera systems like Autopilot only solve 99% of all autonomous use cases. This 99% might seem like a lot already but vehicle safety is really about covering the…
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Stellantis is a 400,000 person organization and one of the largest automakers producing 6 million cars per year across 14 brands like Maserati, Jeep, Chrysler and Ram. Because of this scale Stellantis sits on a massive amount of data which can be brought to bear on its AI capabilities for autonomous driving. Neda Cvijetic who…
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Treasure Island is an island between San Francisco and Oakland and is about two miles long with Yerba Buena Island is attached to it. Treasure Island is very flat and Yerba Buena Island is very hilly. A new 2023 pilot funded by the US DOT and San Francisco MTA will create an autonomous shuttle service…
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Kudos to Alanti Whittemore, who is the director of the Autonomous Vehicle Initiative at SAFE which is a D.C.-based organization doing transportation policy research organization. As a director, she is responsible for helping do policy research and create the political will for a federal policy framework for autonomous vehicles and also helping to articulate all…
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Going on a budget vacation can be a delicate juggling act between spending on hotels, meals, entertainment, and transportation. In my case, transportation usually is a low priority, and given the choice between a low-end economy rental car and a more expensive one I would usually prefer the cheaper of the two options. On a…
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Residents at Memory Care, Assisted Living, and Independent Living homes who have lost the ability to drive have a critical need to access reliable and safe transportation. Needing to get to the pharmacy, medical clinics, hospitals, and even general social destinations allows for better health outcomes. Usually, a 10-12 person bus, 4-6 passenger van, or…
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Faith-based organizations provide essential services to communities large and small across North America. Shining examples of such organizations are Jewish family services, Catholic Charities, Lutheran family services, Methodist family services, Latter Day Saints, and many others. Their core purpose is to provide human-care services that empower children, adults, and families to improve their lives. One…
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Organizations that need to transport clients can have very specialized and nuanced ways to provide and schedule that transportation. Typically a 10-12 person bus, 4-6 passenger van, or 2-3 passenger sedans are part of their transportation program. Some typical models of transportation using such vehicles would include: -transporting many clients from one central location…
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