Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
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Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
4M ago
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
4M ago
By Brittany Eastman Cite as: Eastman, How Might We Reimagine Transportation Technology to Combat Forced Labor: Conference Explanations and Recommendations from the Law and Mobility Program’s Annual Conference 2023, 2023 J. L. & Mob. 3. Download Full Article Here I. Introduction The University of Michigan Law School’s Law and Mobility Program (LAMP), a resource for ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
6M ago
In August, Apple declared support for California’s right to repair bill. Plausibly, their reason for an about face to supporting right to repair is that regulation will provide them a competitive advantage; because “Apple has been building an industry lead on repairable devices,” they are better positioned than competitors to comply. By advocating for SB ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
7M ago
The debate on right to repair continues to rage. Right to repair laws have passed in New York, Colorado, Minnesota, and Massachusets, and upwards of 30 other states have pending legislation. Yet at the end of June, NHTSA sent a letter to 22 automotive manufacturers instructing them not to comply with the Massachusets right to ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
8M ago
News articles about automated transportation technologies consistently imply that the challenge of scaling and expanding destines the technology to be if not useless then at least a bit silly. This attitude is both wrong and unproductive in solving major transportation and climate related problems. For example, a Scientific American article about delivery robots has limited ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
8M ago
In the Law and Mobility Journal’s 2018 publication “Vehicle Rental Laws: Road Blocks to Evolving Mobility Models?”, the authors referenced a putative class action suit, Kramer v. Avis Budget Group, in support of the observation that “recently, vehicle infotainment systems…have come under scrutiny.” This blog post follows up on that case and that observation, summarizing the ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
8M ago
What happens to a used vehicle when we are done with it? Does somebody else drive it? If so, who is that somebody and where do they drive? Many used vehicles are exported to developing countries with a total of 40% of the world’s used vehicles spread throughout the African continent. The sheer size of ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
11M ago
Anybody who works in the transportation technology space has certainly participated in some intense conversations about the environmental consequences of internal combustion engines (ICEs) in our car-centric society. I have personally spent a lot of time over the past couple of years considering if electrification is truly better for the environment at all after we ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
11M ago
Highway infrastructure is notoriously the responsibility of public entities. Usually, the federal government provides grants to state and local governments to build and maintain highways. There are a few notable exceptions. For the last several decades, there has been a significant portion of highway infrastructure in central Florida that is largely maintained by a private ..read more
Michigan Law Journal of Law and Mobility Blog
1y ago
This blog post was written by guest author John Mattiacci, who is an experienced personal injury lawyer. Pedestrian and cyclist accidents are on the rise in the United States, and people of color are disproportionately impacted by these incidents. According to a recent report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), African American and ..read more