#Montreal’s new administration has announced half a billion dollars for bike infrastructure over the next 10 years. But don’t pop the champagne cork yet—the devil is in the details. More at www.highspeed.blog/here-comes-the-bikelash

This happens on a daily basis in San Francisco, where a private company, Alphabet, is beta-testing its robotaxis on public streets.

On Dec. 20 a power outage caused Waymos to stop altogether, often in intersections, causing gridlock throughout the city.

Train-to-the-plane...coming down the line!

Today, #Montreal’s light-metro system, the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), reached a key construction milestone with the first successful run on the future airport branch

I’m unusually happy about this used bookstore score!

As @davidzipper.bsky.social notes, Waymos have driven 127 million miles, and been involved in 2 fatalities. That's twice the rate of human-driven cars. And they have yet to deploy at scale.

Their glitches often interfere with public transit.

This is your city on robotaxis.

On Dec. 20, a blackout in San Francisco cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.

Some people claim they’re safer…

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Is it a Dalek? The Terminator? The helmet from Robocop?

Nope—it's the diesel-electric streamlined train that changed everything. I got to board the Pioneer Zephyr at the Kevin C. Griffin Museum in #Chicago.

More in this High Speed dispatch:

#RailSky #trains

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