Pittsburgh
ANY day now, Uber will introduce a fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, making this former steel town the world's first city to let passengers hail autonomous vehicles.
So with the world watching, what has the city of 306,000 done to prepare for Uber's unprecedented test? The answer is not much.
There have been no public service announcements or demonstrations of the technology. Except for the mayor and one police official, no other top city leader has seen a self-driving Uber vehicle operate up close. Fire and emergency services do not know where the Uber cars will travel.
It is precisely this hands-off approach that has made Pittsburgh ideal grounds for one of Silicon Valley's boldest...