SFO is exiling Waymo to a remote facility while Uber and Lyft keep 800,000 monthly trips from the main terminal — the latest front in a pattern of institutional resistance to autonomous vehicles that's playing out from San Francisco to DC. Meanwhile, BART is facing scrutiny over a consulting report it commissioned to argue fare enforcement was pointless, even as its own new fare gates helped drive a 2025 crime collapse — and the agency can't produce the invoice for what it paid. Two encampment fires that shut down the Transbay Tube for 12 hours earlier this year made clear the cost of what critics call BART's "leave them be" approach to infrastructure safety.
Waymo cleared every safety bar and got exiled to the Rental Car Center. Meanwhile, Uber and Lyft keep 800,000 monthly trips.
Now they want a new tax, and can't find the invoice for the "equity" report they commissioned to argue enforcing fares was pointless
BART's 2025 crime collapse confirms what NYC learned in 1990: fare enforcement isn't about the fare. It's about who's riding your system.
BART knew about the encampment, had legal authority to clear it, and asked Oakland nicely. Then it burned.
DC had 52 traffic deaths last year. Waymo cuts pedestrian injuries by 92%. A mayoral candidate says the city "isn't ready."
Instead of fixing endemic graft, overtime abuse, and union-protected waste, they're holding your commute hostage for a November tax bailout.