driverless cars

The Jaxson: Jacksonville At Forefront Of Driverless Public Transit Planning

By • Aug 14, 2017
tram traveling down road
Jacksonville Transportation Authority

A conductor-less train is being tested in China, with plans to take on passengers starting next year.

The Jaxson co-founder Ennis Davis said the groundbreaking autonomous train has smaller-scale, slower cousins already moving through the streets of downtown Jacksonville.


TEDxJacksonville Speaker: Driverless Cars Will Reduce Deaths

By • Oct 21, 2015

More than 30,000 people die in car crashes in the U.S. every year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 41 percent of fatal crashes are caused by alcohol and the rest by distracted driving.

But Jim Barbaresso with engineering firm HNTB says there’s a way to prevent those accidents: take humans out of the equation.