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Are self-driving cars a solution for Bellevue? An East Coast test shows their promise and challenges

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Heads turn and smartphone cameras rise as the boxy, futuristic cars slip through the streets of this 384-year-old port city.

Equipped with laser sensors, video cameras and sophisticated software, the cars drive themselves — mostly — picking up passengers along a route from downtown, through an area of old textile mills resurrected as loft apartments and into a lower-income neighborhood.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/are-self-driving-cars-a-solution-for-bellevue-an-east-coast-test-shows-their-promise-and-challenges/

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