As Cruise and Waymo wrestle for dominance, local transportation agencies worry the technology is still not ready to take over the city’s roadways.
showing the vehicles can cause major traffic snafus. Yet the expansions of Waymo and Cruise have marched on, with the CPUC seemingly poised to grant the permits the companies seek. Meanwhile, local transportation agencies have protested, arguing that the cars still endanger pedestrians, drivers and emergency personnel.Just a few weeks ago, Anthony Russell witnessed a “whole spectacle” near 19th Street and Mission involving a stalled Waymo and a group of ranchers trying to unload a forklift.
A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco for several minutes because the back door was not completely shut, while traffic backs up behind it, on Feb. 15, 2023.According to Waymo, its AVs successfully maneuver around construction zones, emergency vehicles and double-parked cars on a regular basis. If the cars don’t quite know what to do, the company wrote, they’ll stop out of an abundance of caution.
“It’s a little frustrating and just creepy to, you know, just see these cars with nobody in them,” said Debi Durst, a longtime Sunset District resident. Just two months ago, she saw one of them jerk to a halt near Herbert Hoover Middle School right as students were pouring out of class.
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