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Design and Architecture

Driverless Cars, LA’s Chief Design Officer

Hosted by Frances Anderton Apr. 03, 2018
California is beginning to allow the testing of self-driving cars with no humans at the wheel. Critics say the technology is not ready for the roads, but supporters say autonomous vehicles will make streets safer.

A Waymo self-driving car on the road in Mountain View. Photo credit: Grendelkhan.

From this Episode:

Is driverless technology ready for the roads?

Imagine driving your car and you look over at the car next to you -- and there’s no driver at the wheel! It sounds like science fiction, but this is already becoming a...

11 min

LA gets its first-ever chief design officer

Longtime Los Angeles Times architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne has left the paper to take a new position, at the invitation of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, of...

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Credits

Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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