scholarship, analysis, and information concerning the law of emerging transportation technologies
California has become the second state in the nation to permit connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to operate on public roads without a safety driver. With the recent announcement that Waymo has obtained approval to test driverless CAVs in a handful of Northern California communities, the state joins… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/california-takes-the-leap-on-driverless-cavs/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
The traffic stop has long been a primary point of interaction between police and the community. As consent Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations into local police departments in Ferguson, Baltimore, and Chicago made clear in recent years, they are also a moment that is open to large-scale… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/cavs-and-the-traffic-stop/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
City design has long been shaped by modes of transportation. The transition is easy to spot as you move westward across America. Relatively compact eastern cities initially grew up in the 18th and 19th centuries, when people traveled by foot or by horse. Scattered across the plains, and particularly throughout… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/cavs-big-data-and-the-future-of-urban-design/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
Tesla’s enthusiastic marketing of its Autopilot feature may be landing the company in legal hot water. Last week, a Florida man sued the car manufacturer after his Model S crashed into a stalled vehicle at high speed. The driver, who allegedly suffered spinal and brain injuries, claims that Tesla’s… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/automakers-must-exercise-advertising-caution-on-the-road-toward-autonomous-vehicles/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
The rapidly approaching deployment of commercially available CAVs has led city planners to begin grappling with the ways in which this new technology is expected to shape our built environment. A 2017 report from MIT’s Urban Economics Lab and Center for Real Estate, financed by Capital One, explores… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/how-will-cavs-change-the-shape-of-our-cities/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
By the end of this year, Alphabet subsidiary Waymo plans to launch one of the nation’s first commercial driverless taxi services in Phoenix, Arizona. As preparations move forward, there has been increasing attention focused on Arizona’s regulatory scheme regarding connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), and the ongoing debate over… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/arizonas-regulatory-approach-to-be-tested-as-waymo-prepares-for-commercial-rollout-of-cavs/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
Last week’s release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report highlights the “rapid and far-reaching” societal transformations required in order to limit warming to 1.5, or even 2 degrees Celsius. A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan, published in the journal Environmental… <a href="https://lawandmobilityjournal.org/essays/will-the-automated-vehicle-revolution-be-green/" class="read-more">Read More</a>
