John Niles
@EndOfDriving
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"The End of Driving" textbook by Bern Grush & John Niles is in many libraries. 2nd Edition in work. Send suggestions for new content to [email protected]
Toronto & Seattle
Joined November 2014
Check out this book with useful perspectives on automated, motorized road mobility for people who need to go places safely.
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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Report: Five California cities rank safest for pedestrians, while two others are among the most dangerous, a recent law firm study finds. Check out this story on https://t.co/FSXBxVbOXr:
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Five California cities rank safest for pedestrians, while two others are among the most dangerous, a recent law firm study finds.
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Check out the smart commentary End of Driving co-author @AndrewMillerYYZ displays on his "Changing Lanes" substack blog:
End of Driving book co-author @AndrewMillerYYZ on robotaxi risks for urban cats like KitKat: "AVs... falter in the final two feet: AV technology does best in environments of structured predictability, and city curbs are anything but." Solutions discussed! https://t.co/6RNzRl0Ez6
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With robotaxi deployments growing, @BernGrush, co-author of The End of Driving started a new business ( https://t.co/2sFzj8hPKW) to design safety & efficiency into coordinated pick up & drop off (PUDO) of people & goods at curbside on urban streets . https://t.co/8QZx6xS1JA
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NOCoE attended the 2025 ITS World Congress in Atlanta, GA, joining industry leaders to discuss the future of transportation operations and technology. In this recap video, hear insights from NOCoE Director Nicholas Ramfos, and NOCoE Technical and Strategic Advisory Committee
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"7 Driverless Vehicle Stocks That Could Set You Up for Life" reports @DanielMillerTMF writing for The Motley Fool: https://t.co/kjHvZzZkvG. I'm no stock picker, but these recommendations look reasonable as investments for "the end of driving" that is a likely future scenario.
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It's easy to buy into the hype of driverless vehicles, and not as easy to find investments in the space -- but here are seven excellent options.
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This point is covered in my forthcoming book The End of Driving, available worldwide via Amazon: https://t.co/mHugCpsMXH Co-authored with @AndrewMillerYYZ and @BernGrush .
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@humantransit @Uber But the fare for a private robotaxi ride in multi-passenger microtransit shuttle service could be kept low by government-set subsidy funding. @Waymo could accept govt funding to provide low cost public microtransit in defined circumstances. @Uber and @lyft have already done so.
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Good news! "Waymo approved to start autonomous vehicle testing in New York City" https://t.co/LDnMChtlO8 This @techcrunch headline substitutes a misleading, commonly used, strong word "autonomous" for "automated." The connotation of "autonomous" applied to machines creates fear.
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It's the first permit of its kind, and a crucial step along the path toward launching a true robotaxi service in the Big Apple.
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Insightful new research-based analysis by Steve Polzin @ASU with support from @ReasonFdn "explore the evolution of travel in meeting urban mobility needs given rapidly changing technology and greater sensitivity to climate change." https://t.co/uUlYipGuHn via @ReasonFdn
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Transportation is undergoing its most profound changes in over half a century.
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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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📍 I'm in Detroit! What better way to explore the city than being chauffeured by @wayve_ai. We drove through Motor City around Detroit’s landmarks — of course including Lafayette Coney Island 🌭
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Super cool to finally be publicly showing a bit more of the experience we've been working on! 🥳
Our Zoox Explorers program is open in Las Vegas! For a limited time, experience a sneak peek of our robotaxi at @ResortsWorldLV. It's fun, free (for now), and waiting to take you for a ride. ✨
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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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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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From @bradtem in @forbes: "Understanding Why Tesla Didn’t Launch Their Robotaxi This Week:" https://t.co/uprHL6qqYD Quoting, "It was as if Musk’s SpaceX had promised it would send a person to the moon, and instead flew suborbital to the edge of the atmosphere..."
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Many think that because Tesla's in-car-supervisor is in the passenger seat that the car is "driverless," but it's not. Tesla promised the Moon and delivered suborbital
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Coming soon!
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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