48hills – Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job
Tim Redmond of 48hills reports on how the SFMTA Board has completely handed its authority over to the mayor, illegally.
Robotaxi.news
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Robotaxi.news
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.
Read More48hills – Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job
ABC7 News – VIDEO: Waymos stalled, confused in San Francisco as people climb, flip off from robotaxis
ABC7 News reports that once again Waymos are a target for people, especially drunk bros in the Marina District. Nothing new there. But the odd thing is that ABC7 News included short interview with Selika Josiah Talbott who unfortunately doesn't understand AI nor how AVs are trained.
Sophia Tung – I tried the Zoox toaster car with REAL robotaxi engineers!
Sophia Tung gathers a couple of robotaxi engineers to test ride a Zoox. It doesn't go very well.
SF Standard – I tried ordering Waymo, Uber, and Lyft on Market Street. It was not smooth hailing
SF Standard reports that while the San Francisco mayor has (falsely) decreed that ride hailing cars can go back onto Market Street, fortunately the ride-hailing companies are still avoiding it.
SF Examiner – Waymo says its SF fleet has tripled in size since last public disclosure
SF Examiner reports that Waymo has quietly tripled the number of vehicles in the San Francisco area, without disclosing the increases until now. No wonder traffic is getting worse and worse.
Gothamist – No Way-mo: Opposition to NYC’s robot car pilot grows
Gothamist reports that the opposition to NYC's Waymo pilot is quickly growing, especially amongst actual humans who drive taxis.
