He founded the world's first internet based business, is Chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was computing chair at Singularity University. In self-driving cars, he was on Waymo's early team and has advised the top startups (Zoox, Cruise, Starship) as
San Jose Plans $13B BART Subway Extension. How About <$1B?
BART is failing, but the plan to expand it involves extravagant cost to duplicate its almost 70 year old design. New technology might serve riders for far less
Can Self Driving Improve New Transit Even More Than It Does Cars?
Self-driving cars are often depicted as "just more cars" and thus bad news for cities and transit. But what if self-driving could be the salvation of transit?
Waymo And Uber Support Bad, Incumbent-Protecting Laws In DC And NJ
Requiring human drivers, 3 sensors, fat permit fees and per-mile taxes are the wrong sorts of regulations, and the companies should avoid endorsing them
Waymo Releases Apples-To-Apples Incident Data, It Speaks To Regulation
More data for better comparisons are good. Now everybody has to do it, and regulators and the public have to learn to look at only the data, and not individual incidents
Robotaxi Companies Need To Stop It With The Right Seat Safety Drivers
Several companies have tried to declare they met a major milestone by having "nobody behind the wheel" and moving supervision to the passenger seat. It's a bad idea
I Nailed a Robotaxi Forecast In 2013. Here’s Why Elon Keeps Blowing It
With luck and skill and partly as a joke, I named the date that robotaxis would arrive in London. How did I get it right? How have others, like Elon Musk, gotten it so wrong?
Waymos Have Trouble With Floods, Which Is Surprising
Figuring out the depth of water should be easy for a car with 3D sensors and 3D maps made when dry. So why is Waymo having so much trouble tracking flooding?
California Lets Cops Give Tickets To Robocars, Which Is Ridiculous
Random enforcement through tickets regulates human drivers through fear. But robots don't feel fear, and companies don't feel the cost. What system makes sense?
Two Waymo Airport Stories Teach A Lesson About Customer Service
A Waymo left a rider at the airport without his bags. Another had a flat tire on the way to the airport. Incidents like this teach hard lessons about customer service.
The L.A. Olympics Are In Two Years, Perhaps Too Soon For Much 21st Century Transportation
Flying cars, self-driving vans and full traffic metering probably can't be fully ready in 2028, but some modern technology can help to reduce the traffic nightmare.