"The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe."--Provided by publisher.

"The driverless vehicle revolution will soon transform highways, cities, workplaces, and laws across the globe. Here's how. Our time at the wheel is coming to an end. Driving a car will soon become akin to driving a horse-drawn carriage: a quaint and outdated pastime. Sam Schwartz, a preeminent transportation expert, shows that the radical shift in transportation around the next corner will affect every aspect of our personal and working lives. The ramifications will be dramatic and the transition will be far from seamless. It will make car ownership unusual, and parking a thing of the past; it will overturn the job market for the one in seven Americans who work in transportation-related industries; it will place moral decisions in the hands of algorithms; it will further erode our privacy; and, like every other computer controlled, data-driven process, it will be vulnerable to hacking. Right now, every major carmaker is working on bringing autonomous vehicles to consumers. The fleets are getting ready to roll. Sam Schwartz shows us just how profound that change will be--and how we can engineer the best version of the driverless future for all of us."--Dust jacket.

Every major carmaker is working on bringing autonomous vehicles to consumers: driving a car will soon become a quaint pastime. But the transition will be far from seamless: it will overturn the job market for the one in seven Americans who work in transportation-related industries; it will place moral decisions in the hands of algorithms; it will further erode our privacy; and, like every other computer controlled, data-driven process, it will be vulnerable to hacking. Schwartz explains how profound the change will be-- and how we can engineer the best version of the driverless future for all of us. -- adapted from jacket