University of Michigan creates mini city to test self-driving cars

Posted on 28 Jul 2015 by Aiden Burgess

The University of Michigan has shown a glimpse into the future of driving by opening the world’s first controlled environment to test how self-driving cars would operate on the roads of the future.

The university’s Mcity is a 32 acre outdoor lab designed for testing the performance and safety of connected, automated and autonomous vehicles under controlled and realistic road conditions. Mcity is a full-scale replica of an urban environment, with many of its features including urban and suburban streets, lane configurations, sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, bike lanes, ADA…

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