Today’s truck stops could be tomorrow’s transport hubs

To say Uber has had a tumultuous year would be an understatement. Footage of former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick yelling at an Uber driver made for tabloid-worthy front pages, but Transport for London’s decision to not renew the service’s city licence, a court case with Waymo over alleged theft of trade secrets are among the numerous incidents that have kept the company in the news. Most recently, a self-driving Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. An investigation is ongoing, but whatever the outcome, being the first incident of its kind, it is likely to earn the company an unenviable place in the history of autonomous driving.