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Center for Advanced Transportation & Energy Solutions = non-profit consultancy focused on electric, connected, automated vehicles for sustainable mobility
Seattle-based; worldwide reach
Joined June 2011
Click on the link below to preview my team's innovative backcasting plan to make future road mobility safer, less congested, and more supportive of copresence every society needs. In a new book, The End of Driving: Automated Cars, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility.
Extensive free preview of my co-authored End of Driving 2nd edition textbook is at
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Read about the rise of electric robotaxis in the 2nd edition textbook on better deployment futures for automated cars by @BernGrush , @JN_Seattle, and @AndrewMillerYYZ with a Foreword by @SusanShaheen1.
Second edition of The End of Driving textbook (Elsevier 2025) by @BernGrush @EndOfDriving (that's me) @AndrewMillerYYZ is now published. Subtitle is "Automated Cars, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility." Overview and best price to purchase here:
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Nice review essay: "EVs: Looking back on 25 years of technology"
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This article traces the development of electric and hybrid vehicles over the past three decades, highlighting key innovations, technological advancements, and the shift towards...
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Parents need to train their children to understand the nasty reality you describe, and to behave when crossing streets in a self-protective, highly aware stance. Same when walking in car parking lots. Oh, and walking on ped-bike paths shared with fast, quiet, electric bikes.
A pedestrian may press the button to make the beacons flash, and cross within a well marked crosswalk in broad daylight, in a place where pedestrian traffic is high. And an aggressive motorist may run her down anyway.
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If enough people in a country were to agree that reducing carbon emissions into the global air shed is critically important, would a sinking cap on emissions from motor vehicle fleets be reasonable public policy? Join the global discussion July 23: https://t.co/ZvvcVlaFJC
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Economist author "Antiplanner" declares, "I hope that driverless vehicles will take away people’s jobs in the future. The U.S. faces major labor shortages, and while some people may enjoy driving there are plenty of more productive things people can do with their time."
America's Antiplanner challenges conventional wisdom in a new essay, "Do Driverless Cars Hallucinate Electric Sheep?" https://t.co/HocpjrJ583 "Replacing human drivers with machines may cause short-term hardships but in the long run should increase... productivity and wealth."
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Robotaxis will be electric-powered... Robotaxis could be part of subsidized public transit feeder service to rail transit stations ... but that will require public policy action.
Second edition of The End of Driving textbook (Elsevier 2025) now in final preparation by @BernGrush, @EndOfDriving, & @AndrewMillerYYZ. New subtitle is "Automated Cars, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility" Preview here:
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News report: "Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions" https://t.co/xIRRwvEciM via @techcrunch
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Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin. Details are still sparse, but limited service is open to vetted and invited riders.
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New automated driver assistance system (ADAS) feature for easier urban parking in small spaces has been developed for a luxury EV by BYD in China.
This feature supporting easier parking apparently by using differential tire movement raises a question about how much additional tire wear would be generated with frequent use.
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Top-selling car models in 2024 worldwide reported by @zerohedge using data from @StatistaCharts :
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News report from @ChrisDaniels_TV: "Sound Transit delays new CEO decision amid ethical complaints on [former Board of Directors chairman Dow] Constantine candidacy [for the CEO position]"
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Sound Transit’s Executive Committee postponed a decision on a new CEO amid mounting criticism of the process and the possible hire of King County Executive Dow
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I hope @SierraClubWASt soon notices the @EPA, @FTA_DOT, @SoundRegion, & @pscleanair blindness to @SoundTransit's willful cover up of climate harm from construction & tree-removal in building Seattle's next light rail. EPA's lack of attention shown here:
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Interesting newsletter, take a look.
The On-Ramp: An Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility Newsletter - December 2024
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Report: "California's first EV-charging roadway planned" https://t.co/DL6ENde1uW -
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NEWS: Since the start of the Biden Administration, the number of publicly available EV chargers has doubled to 192,616! And we're just getting started. The infrastructure law is helping states fill gaps in the network to ensure a convenient, American-made EV charging network.
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The August 8 @SeattleTimes op-ed below points to the petition for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue citizens not happy with what they are getting for $6.5 million per day in local transit tax collections by @SoundTransit. Petition by @Smarter_Transit is found at https://t.co/EOGNhjdOXP.
ST3 by @SoundTransit is Seattle code for the largest light rail expansion on Earth ...$148 billion aimed at a 3% market share in 2050. 2006 daily ridership goal from first phase not reached as of 2024. Next construction phases spew GHG never recovered.
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Not-yet-finalized West Seattle light rail extension is an example of massive public transit tax spending ($4,000,000,000 for 4 miles of track!) that is not effective and not efficient, with alternatives suppressed in the planning. Click for postings by @Smarter_Transit .
Sound Transit's new plans don't make financial sense. Putting light rail into West Seattle for instance. $4 billion for 4 miles that won't create new transit riders or decrease traffic. So why build it? The financial, enviro and biz costs are enormous. Hit our site for more.
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Big changes for West Seattle. @SoundTransit will demolish this green space (w/ a heron colony) for light rail -- on columns 165 feet tall. It will create no new riders nor reduce traffic. Go to our website and sign the petition. #accountability #smartertransit #lightrail
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This was a very good program from @usfca Professor @billyriggs on urban robotaxi progress and outlook last Friday, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco and online. Captured on video to be posted later, probably here: https://t.co/xPNxf1LEUi Some screen grabs from Friday:
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FLASH "Autonomous Vehicles and the City 2024" Underway Friday afternoon, 1:30 to 4:30 PM PDT on YouTube. Check out the agenda, including executives from @Zoox and @Waymo ! https://t.co/ONFF2hxFud via @YouTube
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