May Mobility's Self-Driving Shuttles Hit the Streets of Ohio

Visitors to Columbus, Ohio, have a new way to see the city's downtown attractions. The pilot project, which began in mid-December, belongs to a larger statewide effort to improve road safety and mobility in this car-dependent capital. "What we're looking at is, how do we apply technology to improve people's lives in a transportation context?" says Jordan Davis, director of Smart Columbus, which spearheads the fleet project. "We want to keep stretching the technology of self-driving vehicles to solve real use cases in our communities." Smart Columbus, launched in 2016 after the city bested 77 mid-sized U.S. cities for a pool of "smart transportation" funding.