New York's Future is Driverless
City dwellers won’t own autonomous vehicles, they’ll share them
- Crain's NY Business May 1st, 2017
- Source: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/Reports/new-york-motor-city-the-post-car-sharing-era/#!/
Daniel Ramot co-founded Via in 2012 as a shuttle service that relies on algorithms to pick up multiple passengers without taking them on detours or side trips. The service, which costs $5, has done such a good job of pleasing customers, it now makes a million trips per month in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
But Ramot, like other players in New York’s ride-share world, has his eye on the future. He says Via is perfectly positioned for the inevitable switch to driverless vehicles—and that the city is poised for a starring role.
