Uber will soon put its self-driving cars back on the road, months after one got into a fatal crash

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• Uber is close to putting its self-driving cars back on the road, according to a New York Times report on Wednesday. 
• Uber had paused its self-driving car program after one was involved in a fatal crash.

• Business Insider had previously reported that the self-driving Uber cars were scheduled to soon make a comeback. 
• Uber plans to run the vehicles on a mile-long loop between its offices in Pittsburgh starting next week, not exceeding the speed limit of 25 miles per hour. 
• Before the fatal accident in March, about 200 Uber self-driving cars had been undergoing tests on roads in Arizona, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto.

Uber Technologies is close to putting its self-driving cars back on the road in a downsized test that it had suspended after a car hit and killed a woman crossing a street in Phoenix, Arizona, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Business Insider had previously reported that the self-driving Uber cars were scheduled to soon make a comeback on city streets. 

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