This session will draw upon Anthony Townsend's 2020 book Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car to reveal what we can learn from past technological transformations of urban transportation as we consider the prospects for digital mobility markets and how automation could radically reshape roles, rights, and responsibilities for everyone involved.
Critical Technologies: Urban Tech for Social Impact A Collaborative Symposium of the Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech, Cornell University and the Technion The ongoing pandemic highlighted long-standing social inequalities. These inequities have manifested themselves in various ways and along multiple fracture lines (e.g. race and ethnicity, class, and disability) leading to limiting access to […]
As New York emerges from COVID-19, cities around the world are making a new commitment to building a more inclusive, sustainable future through urban tech. After suspending Smart Cities New York last year due to the pandemic, we are excited to return with a three-day convening at the new Jacobs Urban Tech Hub on Roosevelt […]
