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References & Further Reading
Safe Street Rebel - Not without a fight
Person dies after 2 driverless cars block ambulance on way to hospital
Explore: See the 55 reports — so far — of robot cars interfering with SF fire dept.
What is Vision Zero?
Uber Takes Us for a Ride
Robotaxis Won’t Get Us There, So Let’s Stop Being Used to Sell a Future that Doesn’t Serve Us
Segregation by Design
cars.destroyed.our.cities
Bamberg merchants, city officials say downtown open for business
Historical photos of Utrecht
Historical photos of Fake London
De Markt in gebruik als parkeerplaats voor auto's.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:17 Reasons for optimism virus hantavirus contagio & skepticism
2:33 Moving fast and breaking people
8:50 Fatal Uber Crash
10:34 The Real Road Safety Issue
14:27 Promoting car-centric cities
17:03 Cheaper taxis (yay?)
21:07 Traffic congestion will be even worse
25:19 The promised future (past and present)
28:04 How AVs will destroy cities
29:56 Eliminating public transit
32:37 Consuming all streets
34:02 Eliminating pedestrians
36:05 Eliminating speed limits
38:05 Pollution and noise
39:41 Eliminating traffic lights
42:16 Do we actually need AVs?
43:28 Utrecht vs Fake London
48:33 What should we do about it?
51:53 Where to learn more & Nebula
