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Re:Waymo Will Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Detroit by tomschlick on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:29PM (#15571478)
> home of barely-maintained brick

There are very few brick roads in Pittsburgh. Most are in older sections of the city where the residents have lobbied against a paved road for one reason or another.

And I would imagine steep hills and icy conditions are exactly what you want to test self-driving cars on to see how they handle it.

Re:Waymo Will Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Detroit by graphitezepp on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:33PM (#15571509)
To be pedantic, I think saying there are very few is misleading. There are very few outside of older neighborhoods like you say, but there are plenty of small brick/cobblestone roads around. Just not many heavily traveled or particularly long ones.
Re:Waymo Will Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Detroit by ntsplnkv2 on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:48PM (#15573732)
> There are very few brick roads in Pittsburgh. Most are in older sections of the city where the residents have lobbied against a paved road for one reason or another.

Many places still have brick. It's not a majority, but it's not a couple of historic district streets either.