By 2030, will traffic jams be a thing of the past?

Feb 16, 2017

An employee of Japan's internet commerce and mobile games provider DeNA Co, rides on the company's Robot Shuttle, a driver-less, self driving bus, during its demonstration in Tokyo, Japan July 7, 2016.

Self-driving cars and other technologies could soon make our cities more liveable Image: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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