Looking forward to taking a self-driving taxi? Don’t hold your breath

Waymo uses machine learning to help self-driving systems evaluate whether a dog is on a leash or whether the body language of a pedestrian suggests that they could step onto the road. — dpa

Self-driving cars will someday make having your own car, as well as much of the urban space devoted to parking, redundant.

Autonomous transportation is only five years away, experts keep saying. But arriving at the future is taking a bit longer than expected.