Driverless

Calling itself the “world’s first post-car real estate developer” and armed with venture capital cash from the Silicon Valley, Culdesac has teamed with an experienced Phoenix metropolitan area real estate developer to launch the first car-less residential project in the United States: Culdesac Tempe. Based on urban planning principles derived from European cities such as Brussels, where cars are de-emphasized, Culdesac Tempe is “building spaces for the post-car era.” Culdesac Tempe’s residents “will be able to live life from their doorsteps, rather than seeing it through their windshields.” Driverless host Zach Adams analyzes the planned community with Robert Simons, Professor at the Levin School of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, and Tod Northman, a business lawyer at Tucker Ellis. Together they explore how the project fits within the trends of autonomous vehicles and micromobility.

Driverless vehicles will reshape urban development. Robert A. Simons, Professor at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, delves into the myriad factors – such as drivers foregoing ownership of vehicles to use shared vehicles and reduce travel times – that will change parking and land use in America’s urban core. Professor Simons’s book, which covers both technical and behavioral issues arising from autonomous vehicles, is scheduled to be released in Spring 2020. He shares some of the salient lessons from his research with Tod Northman, a partner in the business group at Tucker Ellis and a co-founder of the autonomous vehicle and artificial intelligence technologies group.