Design and Architecture
Driverless Cars, LA’s Chief Design Officer
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.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenA Waymo self-driving car on the road in Mountain View. Photo credit: Grendelkhan.
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2 storiesIs 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 reality.
Read the story11 minLA 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 Chief Design Officer for the city.
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