Uber Makes Peace With Cities by Spilling Its Secrets

"The autonomous age is upon us but most cities really don’t even have the network password to log in," says Janette Sadik-Khan, a former New York City transportation commissioner and the chair of National Association of City Transportation Officials.

Today, the curb represents the most contested space in the urban world.

Some don’t have their curbs mapped at all. Others do, but the info is spread out across agencies, file formats, and incompatible maps. (One agency’s master files won’t include intersections; another’s might skimp on curb cuts.)

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