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Let’s get real about self-driving cars: The transition will take a significant amount of time
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal,
11
(3),
223-232
(2018)
Abstract
Today, driverless/autonomous/self-driving cars are a hot topic in conversations about the future of our urban areas. Many people reasonably expect that some variant of driverless cars will dominate our future urban transportation scene. However, there are strong reasons to have uncertain expectations about what exactly that transportation scene will finally look like, how long it will take to complete and how it will evolve over the intervening years. The analysis in this paper suggests that the path will be neither quick nor easy, and that the toughest issues will not be technological, but psychological, sociological and perhaps most importantly, political.
Keywords: autonomous cars; self-driving cars; driverless cars; urban future; urban environment; technology and urbanism
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Author's Biography
N. David Milder is Founder and President of DANTH, Inc., a nationally recognised authority on downtown revitalisation. For over 43 years he has utilised his market research and management skills to assess the potentials of downtowns and recommend revitalisation and recruitment strategies and programmes. David also has managed several downtown special districts, has authored three books and numerous articles. His recent research has focused on the new normal for our downtowns and Central Social Districts.
