SFO is forcing Waymo to the Rental Car Center while Uber and Lyft keep exclusive access to the main rideshare garage — incumbent protection dressed up as a pilot program. Meanwhile, BART can't produce the invoice for a consultant report it commissioned to argue that fare enforcement doesn't work, even as its own crime data shows the opposite: new fare gates helped drive a 2025 crime collapse mirroring what New York saw in the 1990s when turnstile enforcement became a filter for wanted criminals. From airport politics to transit accountability, the fight over who controls how Bay Area riders move — and who profits — is accelerating.
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.