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Infrastructure’s Digital Disruption – A New Transportation Environment Is Coming Quickly

"self-driving technology could allow cities to redevelop at least 50 percent of their current street parking permanently, reclaiming space for sidewalks and dramatically expanding the public realm."

How does a highway planner, for instance, predict the effects of ride-sharing, car-sharing, driverless cars and drone package delivery on traffic congestion, mobility and land use?

Planning that doesn’t account for technology’s exponential impact will be off the mark.

by Bob Graves

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/gov-infrastructure-digital-disruption-exponential-planning.html

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NuTonomy to test self-driving cars in Boston http://www.matr.net/article-74312.html

How Sensors, Smartphones Can Bring the Road Solutions We Need http://www.matr.net/article-74265.html

Google patent shows vision of self-driving cars flocking to pick up customers http://www.matr.net/article-74228.html

Autonomous Delivery Robots to Hit Redwood City, Calif., Streets in December http://www.matr.net/article-74158.html

More: http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?showall=1&catlabel=Transportation&cat_id=19

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