In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins?
3/25/20261 hr 6 min
In blue cities across the country, unions and politicians want to ban self-driving cars. In this episode from the Search Engine podcast, PJ Vogt visits Boston to sort the facts from the propaganda. (Part two of a two-part series.)
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SOURCES:
- Carl Richardson, ADA coordinator for the Massachusetts State House, president of the Guide Dog Users of Massachusetts.
- Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Boston City councilor from District 1.
- Julia Mejia, Boston City councilor at-large.
- Timothy B. Lee, author of Understanding AI newsletter.
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RESOURCES:
- "Waymo Hits a Rough Patch in Washington, DC," by Aarian Marshall (WIRED, 2026).
- "New York drops plan to legalize robotaxis in setback for Waymo," by Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge, 2026).
- "Waymo’s next five cities are all in red states," by Timothy B. Lee and Kai Williams (Understanding AI, 2025).
- "What Waymo could mean for Bostonians with disabilities: independence at their fingertips," by Carl Richardson (Boston Globe, 2025).
- "Planning, Development and Transportation on July 24, 2025," (Boston City Council, 2025).
- "Ride-Hailing Drivers in Massachusetts Win Right to Unionize," by Eli Tan (The New York Times, 2024).
- "East Coast Longshore Workers May Soon Strike," by Joe Demanuelle-Hall (Jacobin, 2024).
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EXTRAS:
- "The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
- Search Engine, podcast by PJ Vogt.
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