The MEMO BY JINHUA ZHAO

Actionable Insights On AI, Mobility & Cities

For transportation professionals and policy makers who want to understand what actually works, what’s not, and what might come next

    Sep 21
    Resolving the State-City Tension in Autonomous Vehicle Regulation

    Resolving the State-City Tension in Autonomous Vehicle Regulation

    States write the laws. Cities bear the consequences.
    4 min read
    Sep 01
    Research Stack Powering the Waymo Autonomous Vehicle

    Research Stack Powering the Waymo Autonomous Vehicle

    Drago Anguelov, Head of Research at Waymo to unpack the AI behind autonomous driving: 3D Sensing & Spatial Reasoning, AI foundation models and Social Intelligence.
    8 min read
    Aug 28
    Who’s in Charge? Human Agency in AV Deployment

    Who’s in Charge? Human Agency in AV Deployment

    When you step into an autonomous vehicle (AV), you relinquish lower-level controls—acceleration, braking, lane changes. Most riders barely
    3 min read