Before AVs and robo-taxis are everywhere, manage the curb (opens in new tab)

This article was . We’re posting it here because autonomous vehicles, including taxis, are a hot transportation topic in the Washington region. I live in Los Angeles, so I see autonomous vehicles every day. I ride in them. I also watch them stop in active travel lanes, idle in red zones, and sit at the curb in metered spaces for which they don’t pay, at which they can’t be ticketed, and that don’t appear in any city system as occupied. The car is physically present, but administratively it is...