Tag: Transportation

Driver,transport, business trip, destination and people concept

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
August 7, 2023

Categorized
Self-Driving Cars

Tagged
Jonathan Bartlett, mind matters, self-driving cars, Technology, Transportation, Uber}

Uber Achieves Profitability After Giving Up Self-Driving

_{The alternative taxi service has finally parted ways with its self-driving unit} _{Jonathan Bartlett
August 7, 2023

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Self-Driving Cars}

Leaving the self-driving dream behind is one of the key components that has helped Uber’s finances finally turn from red to black. Read More ›

Creative background, male hand holding a phone with a 5G hologram on the background of the city. The concept of 5G network, high-speed mobile Internet, new generation networks. Copy space,

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News
Date
September 4, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
5G, ACES, Autonomous Vehicles, Bellevue (Washington), Bruce Agnew, Cascadia Center, Communication, Featured, Jay Richards, Seattle, Transportation}

Seattle Area a Good Site for 5G Development, Says Analyst

_{By increasing bandwidth and reducing slow times, 5G will enable more people to do more online} _{News
September 4, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

At COSM 2019, Jay Richards interviewed Bruce Agnew, Director of the Seattle-based ACES Northwest Network on the collective’s work in bringing ACES (Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared) vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. They discussed, among other things, the role that 5G will play in implementing autonomous vehicles. Since 1993, Bruce Agnew has been the Policy Director of Seattle-based Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center. The Cascadia Center is a strategic alliance from Vancouver, BC, to Eugene, Oregon, promoting high speed passenger rail, Interstate-5 freight mobility, seamless border crossings, bi-national and bi-state tourism marketing, and sustainable community development. Two of his co-chairs, Tom Alberg and Bryan Mistele, were also interviewed in this series (at the links). From the interview: Agnew began Read More ›

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 27, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Commercial real estate, E-scooters, Teleworking, Transportation}

The Future of Transportation is Not Going Anywhere

_{As legislators and lobbyists wrangle, we may be trying to solve a problem that is gradually solving itself} _{Jonathan Bartlett
February 27, 2020

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Business and Finance, Work}

The last decade has resounded with failed predictions about the future of transportation. I can't speak for other locations, but the Great E-Scooter Revolution of 2019 has both come and gone in the city in which I live. Isn’t the real future of transportation working and shopping at home? Why not just let the electrons do the commute and streamline the grocery run?

Are Tesla’s Robot Taxis a Phantom Fleet?

_{Jonathan Bartlett suspects that a dire quarterly report is powering the fleet, not genuine innovation} _{News
April 25, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors}

Self-driving car entrepreneur Elon Musk is nothing, if not ambitious. Earlier this week, he promised to have a million robot taxis on the road by next year, taking dead aim at Uber and Lyft. But responses have changed in recent years from Wow! To “Oh. Really?”