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Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?
It’s not just you: American cars have gotten bigger. Over the past two decades, growing numbers of US buyers have…
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Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying
Rothenberg says Google has prioritized supporting larger cities who employ traffic engineers and can remotely control traffic signals, while also…
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Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets
Take a walk around San Francisco this summer and you’ll see something curious: Jaguar SUVs and Chevrolet hatchbacks driving around…
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The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
Tough new rules on pollution from vehicles, proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency this week, could reshape one of…
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Dashcam Footage Shows Driverless Cars Clogging San Francisco
The bus was stuck. San Francisco’s eastbound 54 Felton line was heading up a narrow residential street when a white…
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Paris Fell in Love With Escooters. Now It Might Ban Them
Atop my escooter, I am a human in a city of apes. With my back straight, I tower above my…
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Supersize Electric Cars Are Pushing Road Safety to the Limit
American roads looked different when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety built its car-smashing crash test system in the early…
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Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco
For some residents of San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Ride-hailing services from GM subsidiary Cruise…
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The Pandemic Bike Boom Survives—in Cities That Stepped Up
In 18 years working in bicycles, Eric Bjorling had never seen anything like April 2020. With no end to the…
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Traffic Deaths Were Down Slightly This Spring for a Change
Government figures for traffic fatalities show a higher number in the first half of 2022 than in 2021, but that’s…
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