{"id":172567,"date":"2023-03-17T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T10:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172567"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T10:55:03","slug":"autonomous-cars-could-help-millions-of-disabled-americans-find-jobs-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/autonomous-cars-could-help-millions-of-disabled-americans-find-jobs-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous cars could help millions of disabled Americans find jobs, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/FwdI8cAw8PxhY3SpkbVLfUgRhTQ=\/0x0:1920x1080\/1920x1080\/2023\/03\/16\/1678997662980.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Michele Lee, senior public affairs manager at Cruise, works with disability groups to ensure their transportation needs are met. Photo courtesy of Cruise<\/p>\n<p><strong>Widespread availability<\/strong> of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could boost the U.S. economy by hundreds of billions of dollars by bringing more people with disabilities into the workforce, according to a new study, <em>Joann Muller reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> Transportation is a huge barrier for people with physical and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public transit services often fail to adequately meet their needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>By the numbers: <\/strong>Only 21% of Americans with disabilities participated in the labor force in 2021, compared to 67% of those without disabilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And the unemployment rate for people with disabilities was 10% that year \u2014 twice that of able-bodied people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Details: <\/strong>The study, by the National Disability Institute, claims to be the first to look at AVs&#x27; potential macroeconomic impact.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If reliable, affordable self-driving cars were widely available, around 9.2 million more Americans would join the workforce, the researchers found.<\/li>\n<li>That includes 4.4 million direct jobs for Americans with a disability, plus many more indirect jobs.<\/li>\n<li>The federal government would see $120.7 billion in benefits, including $93 billion in additional tax revenues and a $28 billion reduction in spending on social safety net programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Of note:<\/strong> The study was commissioned by General Motors-owned Cruise, which is developing a robotaxi service and has a vested interest in seeing more AVs on the road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch:<\/strong> GM is seeking regulatory approval for its driverless Origin robotaxi, which has no steering wheel or pedals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It wants the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to increase the cap on the number of vehicles it can deploy.<\/li>\n<li>GM and Cruise are designing a version of the taxi to serve people in wheelchairs and those who otherwise need extra assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/17\/autonomous-cars-disabled-americans-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michele Lee, senior public affairs manager at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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