To be fair human drivers violate the bike lane thousands of times a day in SF.
I’m not defending Waymo, but the city bears responsibility for failing to create room for pickup and delivery drivers to operate safely.
I rode down Folsom to work every day for a year. The bike lane was blocked by fedex and uber dozens of times per trip. (Which meant I had to ride out into traffic risking death many times a day). Ride along with a UPS driver for a day if you want to count double parking and bike lane violations. I’m guessing that over 90% of deliveries require a traffic violation.
I’m not saying allow Waymo to do it, I’m saying hold everyone to the same standard. I’m not joking when I say we should ban delivery trucks too. You’ll be surprised how quickly “can’t be done” changes to “we figured it out” when SF residents can’t get their Amazon deliveries.
