Publications and Media

Aside from my book, I write and speak about mobility innovation, transportation, driving automation, public transit, and technology policy for an educated audience of non-specialists. My work appears in a variety of outlets, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, American Affairs, the Globe and Mail, and Asterisk.

Selected Writing—long form

• Why Are American Passenger Trains Slow?

  • American Affairs · Spring 2026

    • American passenger trains are slower today than they were before the Second World War. That’s not because something went wrong, but because something went right

    • It may seem that the USA lags Europe on rail service, but only if we notice America’s visibly mediocre service for passengers but ignore invisibly great service for cargo

    • Instead of asking why America lags Europe on passenger rail, we should be asking ourselves whether the USA can have better passenger rail… and whether it should want to

• Seeing Like a Sedan

  • Asterisk · Winter 2026

    • A history of how automated vehicles learned to ‘perceive’ the world around them, and how Tesla’s approach to the problem is very different than Waymo’s

    • The contrast between the two firms prompts the question: should we expect self-driving cars to be as safe as human drivers… or better?

• Taking Our Hands Off the Wheel

  • Arena Magazine · April 2025

    • An exploration of how self-driving cars will reshape cities, suburbs, public transit, and daily life…and why, despite their promise, they will also bring more traffic than ever.

Selected Writing—short form

• In Air Canada’s French fallout, it is unfairly treated as both a private and public entity

  • The Globe and Mail · March 2026

    • The CEO of Air Canada gave a near-English-only message of condolence after a crash, which triggered a parliamentary summons… a surprising response to a communications failure

    • That’s because Air Canada is neither fully public nor fully private: privatization left it bound by the Official Languages Act with no funding to offset compliance costs, a situation its competitors don’t face

    • Canada must choose to have a national carrier with public obligations and public support, or a private competitor on equal terms; the current hybrid is incoherent and unstable

• True cause of deadly LaGuardia plane crash horror is hiding in plain sight

  • The New York Post · March 2026

    • The tragic crash of an Air Canada flight at LaGuardia airport in March 2026 was not just a procedural failure — it was a symptom of an air travel system with no slack, built for a fraction of today’s passenger volume

    • The United States has built no major commercial airports in the past 25 years, while annual passengers have grown by 50%; the system is structurally incapable of absorbing routine disruptions

    • The answer is to build more airports, more runways, and more capacity, starting with a fourth New York-area airport

• Remember When the Information Superhighway Was a Metaphor?

  • The Wall Street Journal · December 2025

    • Self-driving cars will, in the long run, make getting around cheap, safe, and easy… but in the short run, prepare for traffic jams

    • There are things cities can do, and they should start doing them now

Podcast Appearances

• What Happens When Humans Stop Driving…

  • Interesting Times with Ross Douthat · April 2026

    • Self-driving cars are here, but what kind of future will they bring? Ross Douthat speaks with Andrew about the promise and peril of a world where humans stop driving.

• The Grand DARPA Challenge

  • Omnibus · December 2025

    • A conversation about the desert race that kick-started the robotaxis now bringing driving automation to our cities.