MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | Driverless Cars Are Arriving. Minnesota Needs Rules Before They Carry Passengers

The session ended without a comprehensive statewide law for this kind of passenger service.

An autonomous vehicle will not stop needing clear rules when it crosses from Minneapolis into St. Paul or a suburb.

Cities should retain a meaningful role in managing curb space, street operations and local emergency response, even if the state sets the central vehicle rules.

The Legislature should use the months ahead to build a statewide law before a public passenger launch makes its choices reactive.

It does have to insist that a passenger service be answerable to the public from its first ride.