California regulators toptechtrends.com/2023/08/10/cruise-and-waymo-win-robotaxi-expansions-in-san-francisco/”>gave Waymo and Cruise the OK last week to scale up their robotaxi services in San Francisco, but now it seems the city itself won’t have it.
On Wednesday, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed motions with the California Public Utilities Commission to pause the firms’ plans to offer and charge for robotaxi rides in the city at all hours. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported the news.
The city’s arguments mirror many of the concerns brought to the CPUC by residents and city agencies, who argued that Waymo’s and Cruise’s robotaxis were too obstructive and unsafe to share roads with cyclists, human drivers and emergency responders.
In the days since the CPUC’s green light, at least 10 driverless cars have reportedly stalled and blocked traffic, and one even drove right into wet concrete.
TechCrunch has reached out to both companies for comment on the City Attorney’s motions.
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