cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10502562

The vision of a future with driverless cars has caught the public’s attention but may be distracting us from investing in better ways to get around that we can implement now.

Peter Norton, a historian of technology at of the University of Virginia, joined the Smart Growth Network in a session that outlined how innovations in urban mobility are made by providing travelers with choices, and how investments in in proven and humane mobility choices will improve people’s lives and the communities they live in.