All Hail more Traffic Congestion: NMA E-Newsletter # 484

The math is simple. More cars on the streets equals more traffic congestion. Ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber have tipped that delicate balance between street traffic and transit alternatives. Many city officials are finally taking notice. In a recent Boston survey of 944 rideshare users over four weeks in late 2017, nearly six […]

The Driverless Car Race continues at Breakneck Speed

Despite the first pedestrian accident between a driverless test car and a pedestrian on March 18, Waymo made a big announcement this week that it would purchase 20,000 Electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs to create its fleet of ridesharing cars. After purchase, the vehicles will be fitted with components to make them driverless. Waymo expects that […]

Your Right to Own a Car of the Future

Owning a car means you have arrived—a rite of passage that many of us looked forward to in our early years. Driving your own car under your own hand brought freedom and fun. Your right to own a car was never questioned. It was all based on whether you could pay for it and pass […]

Big Cities + Autonomous Vehicles = Lack of Funding

The NMA Foundation presents The Car of the Future weekly feature. Cities big and small want to jump on the autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution. Bismarck, North Dakota announced recently that they will begin experimenting with one driverless bus. Monticello, Minnesota has already been testing driverless buses this winter. Waymo announced it will be testing some of its fleet […]

Can Uber survive?

The NMA Foundation presents The Car of the Future weekly feature: For last two weeks, Uber has been in hot water from nearly every quadrant.  As outlined in a June 25, 2017 Car of the Future blog post Is the Party Over for Uber? I asked a similar question about company survival since the founder Travis Kalanick had […]

Is the Party over for Uber?

The NMA Foundation presents The Car of the Future weekly feature: The obnoxious frat boy culture that was Uber came to a head this week when investors ousted founder Travis Kalanick. Recode.com wrote in the aftermath that one person and one blog post can make a difference. Perhaps the blog post was the tip of the iceberg but […]

Uber over the edge

The NMA Foundation presents the Car of the Future weekly feature: What’s wrong with Uber? Sure, the company might be considered one of the most disruptive companies on Earth in 2017. Uber found an angle into the transportation industry that was ripe for disruption. Founders have been applauded as masters of the universe and peacock their way around […]