SELF-DRIVING UBER KILLS PEDESTRIAN ... FUTURE STILL SAME [1]

Remember that short time span in the early 20th century when vehicle accidents went from zero to more than 10,000? The technology won then, and the same will happen with autonomous vehicles, writes Adie Tomer for Brookings. Click for article

STUDY: RIDE-HAILING MEANS FEWER VEHICLE SALES [2]

Meauring the Impact of an Unanticipated Suspension of Ride-Sourcing in Austin, Texas "On May 7, 2016 residents of Austin, TX voted against Proposition 1, which would have allowed transportation networking companies (TNCs) to continue using their own background check systems. The defeat of the proposition prompted Uber and Lyft to suspend services in Austin indefinitely. The suspension provided for a natural experiment to measure the impact of the suspension on travel behavior," the abstract states. Click for full report