1. "Traffic moved faster through most major bridges and tunnels" 2. "Traffic improved along some streets within the congestion zone, but remained snarled in other areas like the length of West 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue between West 60th and 14th Streets."

Just dropped: a podcast episode, discussing congestion pricing in New York City and beyond with Scott Kominers and @rhhackett. Link: web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/conge…

Well, Romania stepped up to the plate (and Vatican just a few days earlier)

Aside from Waymo and Apollo Go (Baidu), are there any companies that are providing a (i) truly driverless (no safety driver) and (ii) publicly available (no waitlist, etc.) commercial car service over a (iii) reasonable geographical area (not just a couple of pre-set routes)?

Hey, Spotify, are you OK?

Now out as an NBER working paper. Carpooling (broadly understood) and congestion pricing go hand-in-hand, especially as self-driving technology has finally arrived. Without them, we risk the roads becoming one giant and slow-moving parking lot.