Driverless Cars

The governor made the shocking choice to reverse her budget proposal that allowed companies like Waymo to expand throughout the state.

"There is no evidence that autonomous vehicles help us achieve our goals to make our state or city’s streets more people-centered," one group said.

What could possibly go wrong? Perhaps we get safer streets. Perhaps every taxi driver loses his or her job.

If Governor Cuomo is going to allow autonomous car prototypes to operate in real city conditions, he needs to insist on a prototype for how these vehicles will pay for access to public streets.