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Do Crossing Guards Now Need to Worry About Waymo?
SFUSD heads back to school Monday, August 19. Are San Francisco’s streets and the people who use them ready? Public school in San Francisco begins again next week. Throughout The City, there are just under 200 crossing guards who help move 50,000 students from home to school and back safely.
Driverless Cars Expanding From San Francisco Streets To Nearby Cities
Autonomous vehicle technology has become synonymous with San Francisco. And their presence on city streets has been controversial to say the least. But now people in other cities are going to be blessed (or cursed depending on who you ask) by the future. Waymo has announced they are expanding their
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
Safe Street Rebel: The Guerrilla Network Keeping SF’s Streets Safe and Playful
There’s a quiet rebellion keeping our streets safe and full of shenanigans. You might be part of the network. If you’ve ever seen a video of someone “coning” a Waymo, you know Safe Street Rebel’s work. It’s a way to confuse a self-driving car by placing a rubber traffic cone
Self-Driving Car Almost Hits Pedestrian, So He Fights Back
“It cut me off in the crosswalk,” he said, gesturing toward the self-driving car. “This was an illegal left turn. So I’m going to annoy the robot. I like annoying robots.”
Satire: Waymo Officially Given License to Kill
Shortly before two o’clock last Friday, Waymo announced its autonomous vehicles now have license to kill. “We’re very excited for this innovative new technology to hit the streets,” said California Public Utilities Commission representative Sarah Desk, “and some people.” Cal-PUC granted Waymo a Pilotless Permit pearlier this month, marking any
Self-Driving Cars Getting Stuck In The Richmond Because They Don’t Understand Dead Ends
You are probably seeing a lot of those Google-owned Waymo cars all over town these days, as they’re trying to figure out how to become fully autonomous, self-driving cars. But one tiny dead-end street in the Richmond District is seeing a lot of those Waymo cars, “up to 50” per