Regulate AVs to Curb Externalities, Protect Privacy
AV regulation must focus on “curbing externalities” (congestion taxes), consumer protection, and the impact on the urban environment, says Prof Wansley. (He’s worried about privacy as an externality, eg companies’ full surveillance of everything that happens on the streets and in the cars.)
SONAR Expands with Barge Rates and River Market Intel
The world's leading freight market intelligence platform (SONAR) is about to get far smarter for barge shippers: Over the next few weeks, we are releasing: - Barge rates - River market intelligence and conditions - Barge commodity and volume tracker https://t.co/DHZYuwffSw
Manhattan Gig Workers Earn Double Thanks to Unmatched Demand
To Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and similar, “Manhattan streets are paved with gold,” says former deputy mayor for ops Meera Joshi. Constant “demand and very little price sensitivity,” meaning “double” the $$ you’ll make anywhere else. [this little borough is not...
Waymo Matches Human Drivers' Safety, Despite Underreported Crashes
Waymo in SF has comparable safety rate to UberLyft human-driven rides in SF, says Cardozo prof Matthew Wansley, citing academic study, but notes the human-driven crashes in this set are likely underreported. He thinks AVs are making a “positive contribution”...
NYC's Street Network Among World's Most Complex
“We have the most complex street system in the country, among the most complex in the world,” says Kelsey Taeckens, NYC DOT mobility policy analyst. https://t.co/yGY51JORYu
Travel Turmoil: Airline Liquidation, Merger Talks, Fuel Shortage
🌎 17 THINGS TO KNOW IN TRAVEL TODAY 1 Spirit Airlines Could Liquidate As Early As This Week, Sources Say 2 United CEO Floated Idea of United-American Airlines Merger 3 Europe Has 'Maybe 6 Weeks of Jet Fuel Left', Energy Boss Warns +...
Amtrak Skips Secaucus, Missing World Cup Revenue
Why is Amtrak not stopping at Secaucus for the World Cup? Seems like a missed revenue and congestion relief opportunity.
Cheap First-Class Tickets Undermine Airline Loyalty Programs
Airlines Keep Selling First Class For $26 — Killing The Reason To Chase Their Top Status - View from the Wing https://t.co/N4857yozle
Global Energy Crisis Hits Developing Nations Hardest, Europe Barely Notices
iea: this is the largest energy crisis we have ever faced. europe: ~6 weeks of jet fuel. flight cancellations coming. developing countries in asia, africa, latin america: already hit harder, heard less.
Waymo’s Years of Scaling Contrast Tesla’s Brand‑new Robotaxi
People forget how long it took Waymo to get to the point where it started scaling seriously. It didn’t happen in the first year. The Tesla Robotaxi service is not even a year old yet.
Regulators, Not Tesla, Allow Misleading Autopilot Labels
David Zipper note that Tesla has gotten away with calling something “autopilot” and “self driving” even though it’s not “autopilot” or “self driving.” Notes that the failure is regulators, not companies.
Tech Firms Blur Tool vs Solution; AVs Aren’t Salvation
“Tech companies deliberately obfuscate the distinction” between a tool and a solution, says Peter Norton. This applies to AVs, he notes. [they may be a tool for something, but we need to define what that thing is in NYC.] High-tech...
Waymo's 92% Safer Claim Is Just Marketing
The “92% safer” line from Waymo “is a marketing line,” says Bloomberg’s David Zipper. Any serious academic will tell you, on safety, “we don’t know.”
Europe Boosts Transit Investment; U.S. Falls Behind
“European cities have been doubling and tripling down on transit and we’re not,” says Rachel Weinberger.
Mass Adoption Dulls the Joy of Driving
Everyone keeps saying “oh, the Waymo, it’s so fun, get in!” says Rachel Weinberger. Notes this reasoning ignores the entire history of the 20th century where “the number of people who wanted to use the motor vehicle entirely ruined the...
Buy United 1K for $330, Risk Losing Account
You Can Buy United Airlines 1K Status Online For $330 — But It Could Cost You Your Account - View from the Wing https://t.co/Dk8datEBY6
Business Class Seats with Doors: Luxury or Gimmick?
Do Business Class Seats Need Doors — Or Are They Just A Gimmick? - View from the Wing https://t.co/hCimeYmV1y
AV Safety Data Ignores Induced Driving, Says Zipper
David Zipper says that the context-free AV boosters on social media are generally engineers. This is all a 20th century throwback to having a singular goal of moving motor vehicles fast. He notes that the AV safety data is meaningless...
Oslo, Helsinki Achieve Zero Traffic Deaths Without AVs
“Oslo and Helsinki had zero traffic deaths last year,” notes David Zipper. [without AVs]. This is not a question of “futuristic technology.” https://t.co/mJXh3YHSoo
Safety Debate Distracts From Proven Transit Solutions
“The safety question is actually a distraction” on AVs, says RPA’s Rachel weinberger. “We have the technology to make motor vehicles much safer. … we have speed governors … the safest way is to get more people on transit....
Waymo Manager Walks Out, Stifles Critical Debate
Panelists and guests at this Roosevelt House AV summit uniformly disappointed that Waymo northeast policy manager gave his pitch and then left rather than listening to the two more skeptical panels to follow and having a real discussion. https://t.co/pwVnR2g2OA
Lightweight 8 kW/Kg Motor Powers Hydrogen Hybrid Aircraft
The 12.5kg gas cylinder-sized motor achieves 8 kW per kilogram with a fault-tolerant design, targeting hydrogen hybrid regional aircraft under Project AMBER. https://t.co/vk6CdOCVvD
Tesla FSD Needs Better Lane‑change Anticipation
It's great that Tesla's FSD backs off from passing this truck on the right, as it moves into my lane. It would have been even better if it had anticipated this truck moving into my lane to avoid buffeting the...
FAA Probes Mysterious Meowing, Barking on DCA ATC
FAA Investigating: Pilots Heard Meowing and Barking Over Air Traffic Control Radio at DCA https://t.co/iSQM1oL9wA #DCA
Strait of Hormuz Tensions Threaten Food Supply Chain
Lisa Anderson quoted in ConfectioneryNews: Strait of Hormuz disruption is escalating into a food supply chain issue - watch tier-2/tier-3 dependencies (ingredients, packaging, logistics). https://t.co/EvyHNyYObG #SupplyChain #FoodAndBeverage #RiskManagement
Tesla FSD Misreads Exit, Recovers on Tight Ramp
I asked Tesla Self-Driving 14.3.1 to exit the Mason / O'Farrell Garage in Downtown San Francisco. It tries to go up instead of down, so I had to intervene to help it find the right path. But it handled the tight...
Iran Conflict Forces Lufthansa, Nigerian Airlines to Halt Flights
Lufthansa grounds planes, Nigerian carriers threaten to stop flying as Iran war strains show https://t.co/FeDiVpr1tN
Europe Faces Jet Fuel Shortage; Hyperloop Needed Now
6 weeks. That’s when Europe runs out of jet fuel. 6 weeks. That’s when it comes obvious we should have listened more to the people and companies trying to develop high-speed public mass transit, like the hyperloop.
Army Looks to Drone Tankers for Cheyenne II Refuel
Army Eyes Drone Tankers To Refuel Its New MV-75 Cheyenne II Tiltrotors The Army and Bell have pointed to the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 Stingray drone tanker as an example of what could be on the horizon. https://t.co/e6RXASGLjJ
Project Nightingale: 100‑unit Spectre‑based Exclusive Edition
Project Nightingale will be based on the Rolls-Royce Spectre but limited to just 100 units. https://t.co/dteIc3jyPf
JetSnake Robot Tackles Dangerous Tunnel Maintenance Tasks
Snake-Arm #Robot “JetSnake” Takes on Hazardous Tunnel Maintenance Tasks by @IntEngineering #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/xrjfym04IA
Rising Fuel Costs, Stagnant Ticket Prices Spark Airline Bankruptcies
OK if fuel prices are going up why don't they just raise the ticket prices why are they going bankrupt.
Cybertruck Becomes a Deadly Safety Disaster, Regulators Lag
Elon Musk wanted the Cybertruck to be his dream vehicle. Now people are burning alive inside them. On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke to Dara Kerr to explore the safety disaster that the vehicles have become and why regulators aren’t...
Deadweight Tonnage Reveals Hidden Ship Traffic Through Hormuz
Great chart showing the breakdown of visible vs dark[er] ship transits through Hormuz Even better that its in deadweight tonnage rather than a simple ship count.
Oil Shock Less Severe; Iran Likely to Restore Flow
Of course the world cannot withstand a 20% supply shock of oil for quarters There are just two weird assumptions included in that: 1) The supply shock is not 20% effectively - far from it actually. The bypassing of the strait...
Future Is Here: Localizing Products From a Self-Driving Car
It's easy to forget that you're living in the future. But every now and then you see something like this... Responding to a client's complaint by making a major product change (localization) from your phone, talking to your software agent...
Nigeria Taxes Heavy Vehicles to Curb Pollution, Spur EVs
Nigeria is imposing a new levy on buyers of heavy-engine vehicles, including SUVs and trucks, to price pollution, encourage EV adoption and boost tax revenue https://t.co/ofdTMwXoM3
Delhi Airport Ground Collision Grounds Two Boeing 737s
Today’s ground collision at Delhi Airport.. SpiceJet’s Boeing 737-700 (VT-SLB, flight SG-124 from Leh) was taxiing toward the parking bay at Terminal 1 when its right winglet struck the left horizontal stabiliser of a stationary Akasa Air Boeing 737-8 MAX (VT-YBA)...
Powerful Mind Trick Every Pilot Should Know
This Mind Trick Is So Powerful - Captains Speaking Podcast, episode 27 #aviation #airplane #pilot #mentourpilot #captainsspeaking
Europe’s 36 Daily Madrid‑Barcelona Trains Prove HSR Viable
Going to Madrid next week, there are 36 daily round-trip trains to Barcelona: 3 hours, ~$60. Then you look at Toronto–Montreal and LA–SF with four combined daily trips and wonder why we still debate the need for high-speed rail?
Fiber Optic Rails Detect Faulty Wheels and Intrusions Instantly
What if optical fiber buried next to rail lines quietly flagged bad wheels, broken barriers, and intrusions in real time? https://spectrum.ieee.org/distributed-acoustic-sensing-trains-railways?share_id=9372974
Shippers Accept New Freight Super Cycle Amid Driver Shortage
JB Hunt's Spencer Frazier did not hold back when talking about the shipper sentiment shift over the past few months. In January, there were a lot of questions among customers about whether there was a permanent or temporary shift in...
CH Robinson Rewards Unsafe Carrier, Ignoring Safety Violations
Grok is not letting em off the hook “CH Robinson’s “Carrier of the Year” award to a non-registered chameleon carrier (15k violations, 500 crashes) is the kind of example truckers point to as willful blindness for margin”
Red Sea Ports Can't Match 7 M Bpd Pipeline Capacity
just because East-West pipelines can carry ~7 million bpd doesn't mean Red Sea ports can handle that volume of exports
Third‑Party Delivery Only Viable If Fully Incremental
We did an economic impact study several years ago on third party delivery. Economically, the only way it made sense was if all the business was incremental, because if not it was just cannibalizing revenue. As noted, it's hard to...
Open Hormuz Now to Stabilize Global Oil Markets
I'm so, so ready for this war to be over, for shipping traffic through the Strait to resume, and to spend the next month or two tracking the nitty gritty of how the short-term shock rippled through the global oil...
Tesla's “Hammer Down” Signals Semi Production Start
Does "Hammer down" mean Tesla is done with Semi prototype runs and starts mass production?
J.B. Hunt Q1 Earnings Surge on Cost Cuts, Volume Gains
New blog post - J. B. Hunt Q1 Earnings Boost By Cost Initiatives & Higher Volumes https://t.co/sGDzdAk30f Nothing fancy - I figured I'd mostly share quotes that I found interesting and also a few bits from Stifel's Bruce Chan's note on...
Delay Outsourcing Fulfillment; Leaders End up Packing Boxes
60% of online retailers already outsource at least part of their fulfilment. The ones who wait too long? They're the ones spending leadership time packing boxes instead of growing the business. Know the signs 👇 https://t.co/r4ctl4lH4h
AI Drives Structural Transformation in Transportation
🚀 Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the future of transportation — from predictive maintenance and smart mobility, to logistics, infrastructure, and customer experience. In my latest article, I explore how AI is becoming a strategic lever for CEOs and entrepreneurs, helping organizations...