European researchers on the CyberCars2 project have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other.
As society continues to put more control in the hands of machines, a report from the British Royal Academy of Engineering says that more debate is needed about the ethical and legal issues.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.