Driverless vehicles are putting the commonwealth in danger

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

In their 2022 book “The Road to Nowhere,” tech critic Paris Marx considered the implications of the death of Elaine Herzberg, a woman who was killed by an experimental Volkswagen operated by Uber — the first pedestrian death involving an autonomous vehicle. “The actions of Uber executives and engineers,” Marx writes, “are in line with the ‘move fast and break things’ culture that is promoted in Silicon Valley, one which is motivated first and fo…

Driverless vehicles are putting the commonwealth in danger

During my tenure as mayor of Richmond, I committed our city to Vision Zero — a global strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities. We pledged a threepronged approach to road safety: invest in infrastructure, educate the public and enforce the…