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Transportation

Cruise and Waymo are finding widespread opposition

Tim Redmond - August 22, 2023

For a change, a new technology is not impressing people, and the city might actually take regulation seriously.

Transportation

Robotaxis are an existential threat to SF’s public transit system

Calvin Welch - August 20, 2023

The Breed Administration is ignoring perhaps the most dangerous impact of the new autonomous vehicles.

Business + Tech

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

Tim Redmond - August 14, 2023

This is by no means over—but SF needs to get out in front of this kind of tech before it becomes such a huge problem

Business + Tech

The real problem with the CPUC’s robotaxi decision

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2023

Like AI, this is going to displace human employees. And nobody in government is demanding that the profits be shared with the people whose lives are damaged.

Opinion

The environmental case against robotaxis

Susan Vaughan - August 6, 2023

They will further damage public transit—and they're no help to people with disabilities

News + Politics

Why is the city paying to evict tenants from supportive housing?

Tim Redmond - July 30, 2023

Plus: Some tough questions (and a missing interest group) in the robotaxi regulation discussion. That's The Agenda for July 31 to August 7.

Transportation

CPUC delays decision on robotaxis in SF; drivers ask for loan repayment

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2023

Why not make Waymo put up a tiny fraction of its wealth to help the people whose livelihoods will be destroyed?

News + Politics

Does SF need 24/7 robot taxis (that don’t pay any fee to be taxis)?

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2023

Plus: A move to limit ballot information, and a cut to affordable housing requirements for developers. That's The Agenda for July 9-16

News + Politics

Finally, Walton will get to ask Breed about reparations

Tim Redmond - April 16, 2023

Plus: Next steps for the Castro Theater, the farce of 479 Stevenson, and how the city in once again screwing over cab drivers. That's The Agenda for April 17-24

News + Politics

Suddenly, Wiener is a climate champion (and he’s running for Congress)

Tim Redmond - March 27, 2023

A strange mailer looks like the kickoff of the Wiener campaign for Pelosi's seat.

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Cruise and Waymo are finding widespread opposition

Robotaxis are an existential threat to SF’s public transit system

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

The real problem with the CPUC’s robotaxi decision

The environmental case against robotaxis

Why is the city paying to evict tenants from supportive housing?

CPUC delays decision on robotaxis in SF; drivers ask for loan repayment

Does SF need 24/7 robot taxis (that don’t pay any fee to be taxis)?

Finally, Walton will get to ask Breed about reparations

Suddenly, Wiener is a climate champion (and he’s running for Congress)

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