Pittsburgh Is Falling Out of Love With Uber's Self-Driving Cars (engadget.com)

A worn-out welcome: The city rolled out the red carpet as a host to Uber's driverless car experiments, but nine months later its mayor and residents have built up a list of grievances with the public-private partnership. From a report: While our experience in one of the autonomous vehicles was thankfully pretty safe, it wasn't long before reports of accidents and wrong-way driving began to surface during the first month of the operation. Nine months later, the relationship continues to sour, according to a report in the New York Times. The things Uber promised in return for the city's support -- including free rides in driverless cars, backing the city's $50 million federal transportation grant and jobs for a neighborhood nearby Uber's testing track -- have not materialized. The situation was an issue during the mayoral primary, too, with critics calling out incumbent Bill Peduto for not getting these agreements in writing from the ride-sharing company.

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Uber not playing nice?

[grasshoppa]

A company who seems to actively seek out litigation, who's demonstrably not a team player, is not following through on their verbal commitments?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED.

Re:DOT will need to set standards for map data for

[OrangeTide]

Map makers want to have exclusivity on maps (copyright), so they'll continue to put weird data into the maps.

What we actually need is federally funded programs to make accurate maps, and use DOT registration and testing fees to help pay for it. Because ultimately it's the car industry that benefits from proper maps, and the public who benefits from cars that do not drive the wrong way down the street.

(yeah, I know this will make heads explode in the libertarian groupthink)

Re:Enough with "self-driving"

[vtcodger]

I'll start taking AI seriously if/when I encounter an automated phone answering system that functions half as well as a high-school dropout receptionist nursing a hangover.