Nico Larco, an architecture professor at the University of Oregon and co-director of the school's Sustainable Cities Initiative, joins us this week to talk about how autonomous vehicles and e-commerce will affect street design, parking, and land values. Also on the agenda: terrestrial drones, zombie cars, delivery bee hives, and the fact that cities just aren’t ready yet for an autonomous vehicle future.
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Talking Headways Podcast: Rise of the Undead Car
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