How autonomous cars are driving the city of the future

As self-driving vehicles edge closer to our roads, what does the new technology mean for services and businesses in cities?

The idea of self-driving cars is plastered across the media. But a lot of the talk is about a futuristic, Jetson-style approach at a fairly superficial level. Some pieces go deeper, but there's a dearth of investigation on the subject. And it's becoming reality faster than anyone thinks.

In Austin at SXSW this year, I was joined by Stanford University's Reilly Brennan, who runs their automotive program, Revs, as well as Seleta Reynolds of the Los Angeles department of transportation to discuss one element of autonomy: the implications for urban planning. How cities are developed, what this will mean for reclaimed space, what this will mean for the underserved, as well as how cities will be funded in the future when there is no human error to tax.