For the last few years people have been trying to sell me on the idea of autonomous race cars. I understand the appeal of Chris Andersons’s DIY Robocar ser...

It might seem crazy that Mike Finnegan — host of one of America’s most popular car enthusiast shows — would sit down with Bryan Salesky, founder of one of the world’s largest self-driving technology companies, but it really isn’t. If car culture and autom...

One of the most interesting things about working in tech is all the effort that goes into just making things work. The more I learn, the more I think that science fiction author Ar...

If you ride a bicycle in an American city, chances are you’ve got a story. Mine starts with not learning how to ride until I was 22. But I had a good reason. I grew up in Manhatt...

My dad never graduated college, but he was full of wisdom. Imagine the worst case scenario, he liked to say, then plan around it

Now that the new season of No Parking is upon us, a lot of people have been asking me what episodes of Season 1 they should check out so they know what to expect. Here’s my top five: 1. Everyone, especially my mom...

Several people have emailed me asking why—if the No Parking Podcast is supposed to be about autonomous vehicles—we occasionally have guests from outside the transportation sector. It’s because there are already great podcasts focused on autonomous technology, but there aren’t any great po...

I totally buy that autonomous vehicles will someday make our streets safer. What I don’t buy is that car ownership will completely evaporate, because I’m not convinced a car-free lifestyle works for everyone. So you can imagine my reaction when Kara Swisher, host of Vox Media’s Recode and P...

One of the biggest misconceptions about self-driving cars is that we’re going to wake up one day, and they’re going to be everywhere. No matter how well it works in a lab, it can never scale unless someone builds a successful business around it. From shipping to elevators, railroads, electric...