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Shifting Policymakers’ Perspectives: Transportation’s Vital Role in Society

A promising trend is taking shape among policymakers around the future of mobility. It’s a shift in perspective to better understand how inextricably linked transportation policies are to people’s lives and to the vitality of society’s long-term economic, equity, and sustainability goals.

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This Week in AVs: Toyota Envision Open Source-Guided AV Future; Embark Discloses Disengagement Data; and More

SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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This Week in AVs: Argo to Test in California; Amazon Gets Into AVs; and More

SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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This Week in AVs: Zoox Gets a New CEO; Pony.ai Launches Uber-Style Driverless App in China; and More

SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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This Week in AVs: Self-Driving Grocery Deliveries; PAVE Coalition Formed for AV Education; and More

SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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Autonomous Vehicles in 2019: Rise of Safety Assurance

From medicines to financial institutions, gaining public acceptance through safety assurance is critical. Responsible technology developers must learn to do the same for autonomous vehicles.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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Innovation Revolution: Henry Claypool on Autonomous Vehicles and Americans with Disabilities

Of all those who stand to benefit from driverless cars, few have more to gain than those with disabilities. Henry Claypool, a longtime advocate for those with restricted mobility, discusses how requiring a licensed driver to operate an autonomous vehicle will prevent the disabled from benefiting from this technology, and what policymakers can do to help.

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MIT Study Shows Big Benefits of Autonomous Cars: No Traffic Lights and Congestion at Intersections

As vehicles communicate with each other through sensors, they can remain a safe distance from each other but they do not have to completely stop before slithering through an intersection.

topics: autonomous vehicle technology, autonomous vehicles, MIT, research, Traffic lights, Video
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Video: California Debates New Autonomous Vehicle Rules

As self-driving vehicle technology continues to advance, technology advocates and regulators square off on how to enable broader adoption of these vehicles, while managing safety concerns.

topics: Americans with Disabilities, autonomous vehicles, California, Google, Self-Driving Cars
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Live from Berlin: Volkswagen Scandal Pushes German Automakers Towards Electric, Autonomous Vehicles

As the Volkswagen scandal has taken the shine off of Clean Diesel, we take a look at how the big three German automakers are employing different strategies to create the car of the future. More than ever, companies are finding that next-era mobility will come from vehicles that are electric, autonomous, and networked into the sharing economy.

topics: autonomous vehicles, Berlin, BMW, clean diesel, Daimler, Diesel, Electric Vehicles, Video, Volkswagen