Automatic for the City

Chapter 4London vs Los Angeles: Two Case Studies for Two Visions

How can we expect people to get out of their cars when their cars are much nicer spaces then sidewalks?

William H. Fain, If Cars Could Talk: Essays on Urbanism, 2012

The recommended urban design principles and underlying frameworks discussed have been tested on two areas in the central urban cores of London and Los Angeles, drawing parallels between the two. As already stated, urban cores represent the places where a first deployment of CAVs should occur because it is these areas where, if transition is managed well, the majority of urban design gains could be achieved. Secondly, these two specific cores present most of the typical characteristics that can be found in similar ...