Peter Norton: Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving

Autonorama by Peter Norton (book cover) Autonorama by Peter Norton (book cover)

On March 12, 2022, (March 11, 2022 where Peter was speaking) Peter Norton talked to WalkSydney, EcoTransit, and Friends of Erskineville

A recording of the talk is here:

https://www.facebook.com/walksydney/videos/652985232452991

Bio: Peter Norton is associate professor of history in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia, where he teaches history of technology, social dimensions of engineering, research, and professional ethics. He is the author of the excellent Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (MIT Press), which among other things examines the history of jaywalking and motordom, and of the newly released Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving (Island Press, 2021).