Thursday, May 5, 2016

Like to Live in a Driverless Town? Integration of Transport

Remember in economics class when you learned about vertical and horizontal integration? Before the first fleet of self-driving vehicles hits our app list or the road, before the first convoy of driverless trucks delivers watermelons, cat food, and clothes you really don't need, integration, both horizontal and vertical, is starting to happen.

We are in the fascinating embryonic stage when all is possible and the realities of life in a self-driving world are not yet fixed.

A Florida developer and a town are planning big, a sustainable, walkable town with driverless transit.

A German railway is planning a multi-modal future that ferries train passengers to its driverless cars. Sounds very 19th century and luxurious. I would like those driverless taxis to allow for roll-on of luggage and instead of lifting heavy bags into trunks of cars. My request.

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