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Self-Driving Cars Will Be In 30 US Cities By the End of Next Year
schwit1 sends this report from the New York Observer:
Automated vehicle pilot projects will roll out in the U.K. and in six to 10 U.S. cities this year, with the first unveiling projected to be in Tampa Bay, Florida as soon as late spring. The following year, trial programs will launch in 12 to 20 more U.S. locations, which means driverless cars will be on roads in up to 30 U.S. cities by the end of 2016. The trials will be run by Comet LLC, a consulting firm focused on automated vehicle commercialization. ... they’re focusing on semi-controlled areas and that the driverless vehicles will serve a number of different purposes—both public and private. The vehicles themselves—which are all developed by Veeo Systems—will even vary from two-seaters to full-size buses that can transport 70 people. At some locations, the vehicles will drive on their own paths, occasionally crossing vehicle and pedestrian traffic, while at others, the vehicles will be completely integrated with existing cars.
Based on the number of drivers I see texting while driving there appears to be an abundance of self-driving cars where I live.
I'd like to see one of those self-driving cars find its way around Boston this winter....
Top post. Nice. Boston says, "bring it on!". Commuting into Boston is not for the faint hearted. I've seen potholes this winter into which the Google self-driving car would fit nicely.