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Brent Skorup is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center where he specializes in transportation technology, telecommunications, aviation, and wireless policy. Brent also serves on the FCC\\u2019s broadband deployment advisory committee and the Texas Department of Transportation\\u2019s autonomous vehicle task force, and he has recent spoke on the topic of airspace design at the Global Air Traffic Management Conference in Dubai. He joins the show today to talk about the future of transportation, including flying cars and highways in the sky. Brent and David also discuss the concept of auctioning airspace, the macroeconomic implications of technological innovation, and how to build or improve infrastructure for autonomous vehicles in the future.

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Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/02102020/brent-skorup-autonomous-vehicles-flying-cars-and-airspace-scarce-resource

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Brent\\u2019s Twitter: @bskorup

Brent\\u2019s Mercatus profile: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/brent-skorup

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Related Links:

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*Your Flying Car Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think* by Brent Skorup

https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-flying-car-will-be-here-sooner-than-you-think-1542327046

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*Auctioning Airspace* by Brent Skorup

https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/skorup-auctioning-airspace-mercatus-working-paper-v1.pdf

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*Smart Cities, Dumb Infrastructure* by Korok Ray & Brent Skorup

https://www.mercatus.org/publications/technology-and-innovation/smart-cities-dumb-infrastructure

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*Auto Purchase Trends, Mobility as a Service, and Autonomous Vehicle Adoption* by Brent Skorup

https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/auto-purchase-trends-mobility-service-and-autonomous-vehicle-adoption

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David\\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David\\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth