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Self-driving cars coming to Scottsdale BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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utonomous cars are coming to Scottsdale. General Motors will roll out its Cruise brand of electric, self-driving vehicles as part of a ride-hailing service in the coming months, according to Mayor David Ortega.
“I’m told they are coming off the production line right now … this is not hypothetical,” Ortega said. Ortega did not say when the vehicles would hit Scottsdale’s streets and a spokesman from GM’s Cruise operation did not return multiple phone calls. General Motors has been mapping Scottsdale’s streets for the last four months in
preparation of this program, Ortega said. The vehicles should cut down on congestion in town, Ortega believes. “I can tell you I have made many wrong turns driving to appointments. This is going to make things easier for everybody,” he said. Ortega said he has asked about the safety
Study: Cold Just havin' fun cash eases heat in Scottsdale
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ome of Scottsdale’s hotter neighborhoods are also its poorest, according to a heat mitigation study by the city and Arizona State University. The three-year study, presented to City Council last week, shows land surface temperature decreases by more than a degree Fahrenheit in neighborhoods for each $10,000 increase in mean per capita income. “We did �ind, as is evident in cities all across the United States, especially the Southwest,
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