I am not convinced that autonomous vehicles will make “location” irrelevant. But I do agree with the following line from this recent Bloomberg article called, A Driverless Future Threatens the Laws of Real Estate. “The link between property and transport has been perhaps the most durable in human… Read More
Below is a keynote talk by Benedict Evans about what’s going on in tech today and what may happen in the next ten years. It covers: the growth of mobile; S-curves; Google / Apple / Facebook / Amazon (who knew Amazon had so many employees?);… Read More
I speculate a lot on this blog about what electric and autonomous vehicles will mean for the future of our cities. The reason it’s speculation is because it’s phenomenally difficult to know with any sort of certainty what the downstream effects of these technologies will… Read More
If you had a free 24/7 chauffeur to drive you anywhere you wanted, do you think that would impact where you lived, worked, and played? Put differently, if you were relieved from actually having to contend with traffic yourself and if you never had to… Read More
Last fall, David Ticoll (who is a research fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto) published a thorough discussion paper called Driving Changes: Automated Vehicles in Toronto. If you’re interested in driverless cars, and I know that a lot… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js Lately I’ve been having discussions around the future value of parking spaces in urban centers. So yesterday I tweeted out this poll: Will parking spaces in cities become more, or less, valuable in the future? 💸 #AThisCity — Brandon G. Donnelly (@donnelly_b) November 4,… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js Earlier today the comment section of an old post I wrote about UberX was revived with a discussion around technology and what it means for human capital. The concern expressed was that technology and machines are going to put us all out of a… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js We are all selfish bastards when it comes to sharing road space and public space. When we drive, we complain about pedestrians jumping out in front of us, crazy cyclists who get in our way, and under-utilized bike lanes that are taking away valuable… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js As a kid growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, I remember when getting my driver’s licence and getting a car were some of my biggest priorities. As soon as I turned 16, I went immediately to get my learner’s permit and then enrolled… Read More
About a week ago I wrote a post questioning what driverless cars will mean for cities. I ended by saying that that it feels as if we’re going to see increasing tension between private and public transport. What I meant by that was simply that… Read More
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