SFMTA asks for more data, slower expansion of driverless cars in the city

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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency urged the state Tuesday to collect more data before allowing companies to expand their autonomous vehicle fleets in the city.

urged the state Tuesday to collect more data before allowing companies to expand their autonomous vehicle fleets in the city.

For months, SFMTA has urged the commission to collect more data and implement driverless cars incrementally, claiming that the technology is not safe enough to be expanded. For example, Tumlin said if a car's performance data show it often stops in the middle of the road, it wouldn't be allowed to drive during peak hours or in busy areas. He likened it to progressing from a learner's permit to a driver's license.

. Cruise's safety record includes data on incidents, vehicle miles traveled, passengers transported and more, which amounts to more on-road data than what's provided by other types of vehicles. That record is on Cruise's website at https://getcruise.com/news/blog/2023/cruises-safety-record-over-one-million-driverless-miles/. Additionally, Cruise said it meets with SFMTA and other city agencies regularly, both proactively and after incidents arise.

The low collision rates are backed by the Public Utilities Commission's June resolution that approved Wamyo's application for a deployment permit. SFMTA, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and the Mayor's Office of Disability sent a joint letter in protest of the resolution and highlighted driverless car collision rates, yet the commission countered this by stating human drivers were at fault for those collisions.

 

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