How Self-Driving Cars Can Help Make Cities Better

Driverless cars promise to reshape cities beyond just easing traffic congestion. These futuristic vehicles generate vast amounts of data that officials hope to use to fill potholes more quickly, replace parking lots with parks, and create traffic lanes for buses and first responders.

“Data is really powerful if you collect it the right way, but there’s a bunch of baby steps that need to happen before we can get there.”

Jaclyn Trop