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What group is doing the transportation company analysis? R Street , it has an Austin “office” too
Did they grade by state or city? By City
How did the Texas cities do?
Which group is pushing Congress to act over the states? Consumer Technology Association
Why should Congress resgulate self driving cars and not states? “transportation is a national issue”
Even without Congressional action federal regulators will tell the states what to do with new guidelines. Transportation Department & its National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will create guidelines for state policymakers to draw on when regulating self-driving cars.
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What state legislature is active on ride share legislation? California
The bill’s author killed his own bill? Yes, asserting misunderstandings by all stakeholders
What groups supported the bill? Consumer Federation of California
What would the bill have done? “ Require passengers to opt in before ride-hailing apps could share their contact information or any other personally identifying data with third parties.”
Where did the California Energy Commission opened a Clean Transportation Center? San Joaquin Valley
Why? 2 reasons.
What will the clean energy center provide?
Google cars are maneuvering Austin roadways while Texas’ regulation of self-driving cars is laissez-faire libertarian.
4 Reasons Why the libertarian approach has prevailed:
Nevada Governor Sandoval (R) wants the state’s transportation commission to include support for self driving cars in the expansion of Insterstate 15 in Las Vegas.
Reno Gazette Journal | Sandoval wants self-driving cars in freeway plans
A google car driving 24 miles per hour in a 35mph zone was pulled over in Mountain View, CA when an officer saw the traffic jam the self driving car created.
The self driving car max speed is set at 25mph.
Washington Post | Dr. Gridlock | Google self-driving car pulled over for going too slow
McAfee Labs 2016 Threats Predictions puts hacking cars as the top security risk, & here’s why:
Findlaw | Technologist | Car Hacking Tops List of 2016 Cybersecurity Threats
Background
New Federal Guidelines Emerging for Self Driving Cars that will:
What’s the ride share surcharge proposal? A ride share comapny would pay 2 cent surchage per ride, for a total of 52 cents per ride
What’s the 2 cents per ride then set to go to fund? It would offset municipal revenue losses for a lower taxi regislation
Why the shift? The 2 cent fee is a trade to allow ride share at airports in Chicago & allow the cost of chauffer and taxi cab license fees to be reduced at the municipal level
State or Municipal ride share legislation? Municipal…