The Laser That's Changing the World: Mcity photos

Mcity, the University of Michigan's 32-acre autonomous vehicle testing site, is quiet during the lunch hour.

I-75 is the other direction, but a variety of legit signage, intersections and road surfaces keep self-driving cars on their toes.

An Mcity intersection

Note that the "Railroad Crossing" sign is mounted upside-down. That's on purpose.

Mcity signage is also marred to make things tougher on AVs.

This tunnel is a GPS-denier.

Mcity's terrain tends to be sloped, again to make things harder on test vehicles.

A few of Mcity's partners.

You'll need to head downtown for an actual sandwich, however.

Main Street, Mcity

But Potemkin indeed.