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Dec. 12, 2018

My late October blog cited BBC’s published report about the anticipated growth of Uber, Lyft, et al, and the decline of personally owned/driven cars. That produced a bunch of responses, many saying it would never happen, others saying bring it on!

Now this week came a report from NPR saying The Revolution Will Be Driverless. To read the print version, go to…

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/10/675254096/the-revolution-will-be-driverless-autonomous-cars-usher-in-big-changes

The NPR radio report was based on an interview with Samuel Schwartz—former NY cab driver and later NYC Traffic Commissioner—who wrote the book No One at the Wheel.

Schwartz says, “Autonomous cars are coming.” He also says they will be much safer, although they are not safer at the present time.

Both the BBC article and the NPR report indicate big changes for airports. I sincerely believe all of this will happen to some extent.

One more point—it has already started. One lady I talked with said that her son—who lives north of her home—drops his car of at her house and has Uber or Lyft pick him up for the 50-mile trip on to the airport.

About the Author

Ralph Hood | Certified Speaking Professional

Ralph Hood is a Certified Speaking Professional who has addressed aviation groups throughout North America. A pilot since 1969, he's insured and sold airplanes at retail and distributor levels and taught aviation management for Southern Illinois University.

Ralph Hood is also an award-winning columnist (he writes for several publications), a salesman and sales manager (he sold airplanes, for crying out loud!), a teacher (he taught college-level aviation management) and a professional public speaker who has entertained and enlightened audiences from Hawaii to Spain, and from Fairbanks to Puerto Rico.