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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Cars driving on Storrow Drive in Boston. Boston officials have asked companies to stop self-driving car tests in Seaport. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Self-driving car testing stopped after Uber accident

Jordan Kimmel March 22, 2018
The Boston Transportation Department shut down all autonomous vehicle testing in the city after a self-driving Uber car struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona Sunday.

Baker announces transportation commission for the future of the Commonwealth

Jordan Kimmel January 26, 2018

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker launched a new transportation commission Tuesday to help his administration with possible future demands and challenges. The Commission on the Future of Transportation...

MIT startup nuTonomy's plans for a self-driving fleet could change the transportation industry, including food delivery services and car insurance. PHOTO COURTESY NUTONOMY

Boston businesses address ethics, costs, safety of self-driving cars

Anne Walker Wells January 18, 2017

As fleets of robo-taxis prepare their debut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology startup nuTonomy is handling the hub of ethics, safety and potential impact of this massive change to transportation. Karl...

Working toward bringing self-driving cars to Massachusetts, recent testing has looked into how new technology could improve transportation methods for the blind. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Self-driving cars to begin testing in Boston by end of year

Abigail Freeman November 27, 2016

The City of Boston will partner with nuTonomy, a leading developer of self-driving vehicle software, to begin testing autonomous cars by the end of 2016, Mayor Martin Walsh announced in a press release...

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