Takeover of Walnut Creek Trail Section for Self-Driving Cars Halted

Walnut Creek vs TxDOT

"...would be available for normal vehicles as well as self-driving cars, with a shared-use path. Mobility bonds from 2016..."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Cruise Recalls All Self-Driving Cars Due to Unsafe Software Glitch

Software update to address cause of San Francisco crash

"...After General Motors’ self-driving car company Cruise suspended operations nationwide on Oct. 27..."

Nov. 9, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Autonomous Cars Are Coming! Is the Public Ready to Relinquish Control?

Driving on autopilot

"...There are some good reasons to get excited about self-driving cars. Like you could pass your road time on..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

The Fate of the Furious

The car thieves are back to save the world

"...quite matches the thrilling audacity of Furious 7’s skydiving cars or that hopscotch between two skyscrapers in Dubai, but..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Aggies on Autopilot

The future of A&M Football

"...Google to learn more about their new driverless, or "self-driving" cars. Developed at Stanford under the leadership of Sebastian..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

The Internship

Once Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson joined forces to crash weddings; in their new comedy, the duo crashes Google as older-than-average interns.

"...stumbling through a sea of tech-savvy babes in Toyland (self-driving cars, napping pods, and Quidditch club, oh my!), but..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tesla Recalls Nearly All Vehicles Due to Autopilot Failures

Tesla disagrees with feds' analysis of glitches

"...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into its partially self-driving Autopilot system...."

Dec. 13, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Making Car Ownership Obsolete

Zipcar, Car2Go: Our mission is to sell zero cars

"...Yet while the rideshare wars grabbed all the headlines, carsharing services like Car2Go and Zipcar have been steadily building..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Feds Investigating Cruise’s Autonomous Vehicles Amid Safety Concerns

Meanwhile, entire fleet in San Francisco suspended

"...to Miami, Nashville, and elsewhere, General Motors’ Cruise driverless cars have become ubiquitous Downtown and notorious for behaving strangely..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good

Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords

"...for "vision and planning" in its choppy quest for self-driving cars, according to its website. (The company recently recalled..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

How Smart Is Your City?

Interactive panels dive into the data

"...lie in their branding. Austin's pitch early on included self-driving cars, electric fleets, and "connected corridors" along stretches of..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...machine" for 1968. Listen to the sound of the cars on this past National Interregional I-35, as drivers smoke..."

April 16, 1999 Column

Is GM-Backed Driverless Car Really Road-Ready?

Cruise AV loses its training wheels

"...by General Motors, recently removed the operators from its cars in Austin, meaning they no longer have drivers behind..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Werner Herzog goes down the internet rabbit hole

"...from the astonishments of technology – soccer-playing robots and self-driving cars, oh my – to its many perils, like..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc: Breadwinning

There's a pretty good chance that the robot uprising is probably just around the corner

"...I never thought money would become an issue in..."

July 13, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Jodie Foster, Katie Couric, Malcolm Gladwell Join SXSW 2019 Speaker Lineup

Local PJ Raval will deliver Film keynote address

"...Gladwell, who doubles down on the themes from his self-driving car doc Autonomy in a conversation with Aurora Innovation..."

Feb. 27, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Smart Highways: Self-driving cars and driverless trucking are online and coming online..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

David Israel Won’t Be Commodified

Stream the Austin songwriter’s lament of reality TV love

"...desire sells products, like diamonds, for instance, or, well, cars,” explains the preschool teacher/musician via email. “It’s not a..."

June 11, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...In 2028, Austin traffic will snarl with self-driving cars. More thirtysomethings will have roommates thanks to high..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Point Austin: "Is There Anything We Can't Do?"

Reflections on 10-1's rookie year accomplishments

"...ritualized regional planning project) and Google's decision to test self-driving cars locally. At best, we might grade all current..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...Self-driving cars parked in Austin this week. A unmanned white..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature

Uber, Lyft Return to Austin Monday

Gov. Abbott expected to sign rideshare bill

"...dump their current systems of drivers in favor of self-driving cars. Nationally, that’s becoming more of an issue since..."

May 25, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Upgrade

Cyberpunk action thriller has a few hidden features

"...a hot rod grease monkey in a world of self-driving cars, his path to mobility and revenge comes from..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

#MeToo, Time's Up Panels Lead SXSW Speaker List

Conference speaker list also adds Sanders, Schwarzenegger

"...Krafcik for the previously announced Just Press Go: Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Here session MAKING FILM & EPISODICS..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Animation Nations

Napping Princess leads this week's home releases

"...hard for: a) the traditional Japanese auto-industry and b) self-driving cars. Really...."

Jan. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: The EV/AV Club

Thinking big about planning and mobility

"...week, SXSW has at least 14 panels that concern self-driving cars, spread across the Intelligent Future, Govern­ment, and Tech..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Bridges From the Past to the Future

Take a walk along the historic bridges of Shoal Creek

"...given our status as a test city for Google self-driving cars, and our recent agreement with the Rocky Mountain..."

March 11, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...transportation network company's app in efforts to build autonomous, self-driving cars. The deal, priced around $500 million, is another..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Black says, motorists are encouraged to believe that driving cars is free ["Page Two," Jan. 21]...."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...not all. The jury is still out on driverless cars. Will they become ubiquitous? Walking and biking on many..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

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