MDC Director Tom Fisher is rapidly becoming the go-to person on the land-use implications of Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAV). Since December, Fisher has given presentations on this topic to Cargill management, to the Regional Council of Mayors, and to the Transportation Research Board in Washington D.C., among others. His work focuses on the pervasive and disruptive impact that SAVs will have on often-overlooked aspects of the built environment such as parking lots and ramps, driveways and garages, and suburban lawns and public park systems. He also predicts that SAVs will have a disruptive impact on traditional public and private service professions such as truck drivers, taxi/on-demand drivers, delivery drivers, auto dealerships and insurance companies, not to mention car manufacturers.
Mason Riddle is a MDC Communications consultant, and writer on the visual arts, architecture and design.
