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Monday, 05 June 2017

Financial Times

• Alphabet arm Waymo tests self-driving trucksUber rival enters race to produce autonomous technology for the vehicles

Times Online

• Lollipop patrol cuts ‘put pupils at risk’ [subscription]Schools in Scotland have lost dozens of lollipop men and women in the past five years.

City AM

• Britons believe driverless future is on the way to our citiesBritain’s transport authorities may be struggling with regulation of online taxi firms like Uber, but Britons themselves are ready to go a step further and embrace a driverless future, a new survey shows.
• London Bridge attack: Uber will refund journeys of people caught up in terror after surge pricing backlashUber has said it will be refunding passengers who were caught up in the terror attack in London Bridge on Saturday night. Many people were left stranded in central London with public transport in the area closed down. Uber drew criticism from for so-called surge pricing, increasing the price by more than twice the normal fare in some instances due to the increased demand.

This is Money

• Volvo designing self-driving rubbish truck Volvo Group and Renova are working on a truck that follows the bin man along the street as he goes from house to house, meaning he doesn't need to constantly hop in and out or have a separate driver.