Lies, Damned Lies, AVs, Shared Mobility, and Urban Transit Futures

Dear Reader: The editors of the Journal of Public Transportation have given me freedom. They have invited me to put thoughts on a page without the need for pedantic citation and attribution typical of writing in a leading international research journal. I have also been invited to be contemplative and personal, using words and phrases like I think, me, and my. For those of you used to a more formalized, "stodgy" citation full of academic prose, I apologize and ask that you take a deep breath and be calm. Ideas and communication don't always flow well from academic writing, particularly when trying to envision the future.