Living with Self-Driving Cars (with Bike Curious)
03/15/24 • 41 min
For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not. In this episode, I talk to Jon from the Twitch channel Bike Curious about what it's like to live in San Francisco, where autonomous vehicles are around you every single day and there's nothing you can do about it - except put a traffic cone on their hood.
Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222083720/driverless-cars-gm-cruise-waymo-san-francisco-accidents
Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/driverless-car-accident-sf.html
Waymo robotaxi accident with San Francisco cyclist draws regulatory review
Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes'
Cruise vehicle gets stuck in wet concrete while driving in San Francisco
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/cruise-stuck-wet-concrete-sf-18297946.php
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Bike Curious: https://twitch.tv/bikecurious
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For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not. In this episode, I talk to Jon from the Twitch channel Bike Curious about what it's like to live in San Francisco, where autonomous vehicles are around you every single day and there's nothing you can do about it - except put a traffic cone on their hood.
Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222083720/driverless-cars-gm-cruise-waymo-san-francisco-accidents
Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/driverless-car-accident-sf.html
Waymo robotaxi accident with San Francisco cyclist draws regulatory review
Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes'
Cruise vehicle gets stuck in wet concrete while driving in San Francisco
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/cruise-stuck-wet-concrete-sf-18297946.php
Directly support the production of this podcast, and listen to every episode early (and without ads!) by subscribing to Nebula: https://nebula.tv/agenda
Bike Curious: https://twitch.tv/bikecurious
Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Yup. Cars are REALLY expensive, and they're getting more expensive. And yet, most car owners seem completely oblivious to it.
- Canadians estimated to pay over $1,300 a month to own a car, report finds
- Car ownership cost me a LOT of money. I'm done. (YouTube)
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How Japan has Remained (relatively) Affordable (with Life Where I'm From)
As housing and transportation prices are skyrocketing around the developed world, Japan has remained (relatively) affordable. I talk to Greg from the YouTube channel Life Where I'm From about how Japan is different - from transportation to housing policy - and about what we can learn from Japanese cities.\
Relevant videos by Life Where I'm From:
- How an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbC5j4pG9w
- Japanese Zoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfm2xCKOCNk
- Tiny Buildings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htrxbVN5PI
- Rich Neighbourhoods in Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MxspoxpC3w
- Japanese Shopping Streets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3jTamHd1Ow
- A Typical Tokyo Neighbourhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TheOkz8oF_I
- Tokyo by Bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0x8EAf4GSg
- Japan's Housing for the Middle Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ave4FiC2k8I
Directly support the production of this podcast, and listen to every episode early (and without ads!) by subscribing to Nebula: https://nebula.tv/agenda
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Not Just Bikes: https://youtube.com/@notjustbikes
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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