In March 2018, a self-driving Uber Volvo SUV killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she walked a bike across a street in Tempe, Ariz. Uber is testing its self-driving vehicles on public roads in Pittsburgh and has done digital mapping work in preparation for doing the same in San Francisco, Toronto and Dallas, company officials said. The District has proved to have its own quirks and “unique challenges,” Ford and Argo AI said in a presentation to city officials last year. Meyhofer said Uber was also attracted to Washington because of the company’s other long-standing operations in the city, including typical ride-hailing but also electric bikes and scooters. The company said it is starting slow, with three autonomous vehicles rolling, in manual mode, beginning Friday.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2020 17:49 UTC