Ike, You Know, Is There a Point of a V?

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i look for people to understand more, you know, to have the confidence that we are going to move to the slope of enlightenment. It's not just that it could be broadly adopted, right? But then the cost factor. i think that the reason why autonos,. vehicles have been so hyped is not just that it's thi car, but it's oftentimes this luxury or premium version. And also, they're real questions about, like, robo taxies in cars adding to more traffic.

Transit advocates have made autonomous vehicles something of a boogeyman lately, framing the emerging technology as a way to perpetuate the car's mobility monopoly and starve public transit of funding. In reality, transit is one of the most compelling applications and automation is a huge opportunity to dramatically improve public transit. To help explain this opportunity, Nathaniel Horadam of the Center for Transportation and the Environment joins the show to discuss a light-rail style automated bus rapid transit project he's been working on, and the automated transit opportunity more broadly.