John Niles

"The End of Driving" textbook by Bern Grush, John Niles, & Andrew Miller (2025):

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Check out this book with useful perspectives on automated, motorized road mobility for people who need to go places safely.

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Second edition of The End of Driving textbook (Elsevier 2025) by @BernGrush @EndOfDriving (that's me) @AndrewMillerYYZ is now published. Subtitle is "Automated Cars, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility."
Overview and best price to purchase here: https://t.co/0iykLDAg2s

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Check out "Ridesharing Institute Conversation tomorrow 22 April 2026: Leveraging the Fuel Crisis" Noon in North American Pacific Time Zone https://t.co/RIW6B9nKPU @eventbritehelp

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

You can be sure my co-authors @AndrewMillerYYZ and @BernGrush are looking at this for #EndofDriving implications!

[Michał Tyszkiewicz @jatentaki]

This week at @NVIDIAGTC we're presenting AlpaDreams: a generative world model for driving simulation. Compared to standard video models, AlpaDreams is autoregressive, enabling updating the conditioning (simple bounding box world) in closed loop, and multiview-consistent.

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Important event, NHTSA | National AV Safety Forum, Washington, DC. March 10, 2026
Agenda: https://t.co/HC8Zfa7Hxx
Video: https://t.co/hMoPAKDy4g
Review from Alain Kornhauser: "...substantive and not riddled with the noise that seems to dominate the news and click-bait media."

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Future mobility potential for Seattle with @Waymo deployment imagined in this AI generated image, but not yet a possible reality given Washington State law.
https://t.co/0eRS8xRWyS

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Report: "Waymo's ridership [in driverless robotaxis] is growing faster than [human driven] Uber's in the Phoenix region [USA's leading Waymo market] in terms of percentage growth.., although Uber still holds a significantly larger total volume of rides."
https://t.co/dsn6hOhHzC

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

The Elsevier End-of-Driving textbook 2nd edition is formatted for student learning in a wide range of instructional settings. The challenges and processes of making automated road transport work everywhere and for everybody are covered. Free preview at: https://t.co/sT0jwvrkDm

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Check out this book with useful perspectives on automated, motorized road mobility for people who need to go places safely.

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Second edition of The End of Driving textbook (Elsevier 2025) by @BernGrush @EndOfDriving (that's me) @AndrewMillerYYZ is now published. Subtitle is "Automated Cars, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility."
Overview and best price to purchase here: https://t.co/0iykLDAg2s

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Extensive free preview of my co-authored End of Driving 2nd edition textbook is at https://t.co/0EjOJYNJza

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Report: Five California cities rank safest for pedestrians, while two others are among the most dangerous, a recent law firm study finds.

Check out this story on https://t.co/FSXBxVbOXr: https://t.co/HWfgLeMOie

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Check out the smart commentary End of Driving co-author @AndrewMillerYYZ displays on his "Changing Lanes" substack blog:

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

End of Driving book co-author @AndrewMillerYYZ on robotaxi risks for urban cats like KitKat: "AVs... falter in the final two feet: AV technology does best in environments of structured predictability, and city curbs are anything but." Solutions discussed!
https://t.co/6RNzRl0Ez6

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

With robotaxi deployments growing, @BernGrush, co-author of The End of Driving started a new business (https://t.co/2sFzj8hPKW) to design safety & efficiency into coordinated pick up & drop off (PUDO) of people & goods at curbside on urban streets .
https://t.co/8QZx6xS1JA

[NOCoE @NOCoEOps]

NOCoE attended the 2025 ITS World Congress in Atlanta, GA, joining industry leaders to discuss the future of transportation operations and technology.

In this recap video, hear insights from NOCoE Director Nicholas Ramfos, and NOCoE Technical and Strategic Advisory Committee (TAC & SAC) members Laurie Matkowski, PMP and Steve Kuciemba, as they reflect on key themes and takeaways from the event.

https://t.co/G3tdUpHdQP
@ITS_America

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

"7 Driverless Vehicle Stocks That Could Set You Up for Life" reports @DanielMillerTMF writing for The Motley Fool: https://t.co/kjHvZzZkvG. I'm no stock picker, but these recommendations look reasonable as investments for "the end of driving" that is a likely future scenario.

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

This point is covered in my forthcoming book The End of Driving, available worldwide via Amazon: https://t.co/mHugCpsMXH Co-authored with @AndrewMillerYYZ and @BernGrush .

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

@humantransit @Uber But the fare for a private robotaxi ride in multi-passenger microtransit shuttle service could be kept low by government-set subsidy funding. @Waymo could accept govt funding to provide low cost public microtransit in defined circumstances. @Uber and @lyft have already done so.

[Brad Templeton @bradtem]

Waymos Get Exclusive Access To SF Market St. — How About LAX Airport?
https://t.co/wPVutcmjDM

[John Niles @EndOfDriving]

Good news! "Waymo approved to start autonomous vehicle testing in New York City" https://t.co/LDnMChtlO8 This @techcrunch headline substitutes a misleading, commonly used, strong word "autonomous" for "automated." The connotation of "autonomous" applied to machines creates fear.

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Insightful new research-based analysis by Steve Polzin @ASU with support from @ReasonFdn "explore the evolution of travel in meeting urban mobility needs given rapidly changing technology and greater sensitivity to climate change." https://t.co/uUlYipGuHn via @ReasonFdn

[John Niles, Seattle @JN_Seattle]

Parents need to train their children to understand the nasty reality you describe, and to behave when crossing streets in a self-protective, highly aware stance. Same when walking in car parking lots. Oh, and walking on ped-bike paths shared with fast, quiet, electric bikes.

[Alex Kendall @alexgkendall]

📍 I'm in Detroit! What better way to explore the city than being chauffeured by @wayve_ai. We drove through Motor City around Detroit’s landmarks — of course including Lafayette Coney Island 🌭

[Taylor Arnicar @TaylorArnicar]

Super cool to finally be publicly showing a bit more of the experience we've been working on! 🥳