First responders told NHTSA: “We are actually seeing...backsliding of some things that had improved upon, [Waymo robots] are committing more traffic violations” “We’ve seen some behavior we haven’t seen in a few years. … Waymo is frequently now blocking our fire stations from access."

WIRED@wired.com · 4mo ago

“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month. www.wired.com/story/emerge...

The reverse purge: on this day, laws are enforced

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 4mo ago

Check your mirrors: CHP announces 1-day crackdown on speeding drivers

Saw a couple of decorated @idothethinking.bsky.social & @mingweisamuel.bsky.social bus stop benches in Oakland! sfbabc.org 🚌

Whichever Waymo spokesperson finally said the quiet part out loud about Waymo purposely illegally driving in bike lanes after years of getting away with it by deflecting and/or outright lying about doing it deserves thanks as they transition to a new role, position, and/or job.

Empty robots are ~1% of VMT in San Francisco.

Cyrus Hall@cyrushall.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An under-regulated Waymo will be a disaster for cities just like under-regulated TNCs were. This has been staring us in the face for tears. There are real safety problems here. But trying to make safety the main/only framing is distracting from the biggest structural risk: an explosion in VMT.

why do transit agencies buy/install these? like just instal benches its probably cheaper. even if you hate homeless people(bad) you can still buy anti homeless benches (less bad than the lean benches)

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we really gotta close 4th street bridge to cars. Stuck waymo was completely blocking the T during rush hour today causing a huge backup.

Ugh nevermind, Papan's AB 1557 has now been amended to reduce the speed cap to 16 mph for both Class 1 (pedal assist, currently 20 mph speed cap) & Class 2 (throttle assist, currently 20 mph cap) e-bikes. Imagine if legislators cared this much about 4 mph speed differences for driver of 2 ton+ cars

Robert Prinz@prinzrob.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Yes! Finally, some California e-bike legislation that gets it! Thank you Assemblymember Papan & Senator Blakespear for being voices of reason in this space! www.mercurynews.com/2026/03/13/o... @calbike.bsky.social @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @bikeleague.org

In other words, AVs will bring about major congestion that governments can’t fix. Happily, there is a solution: Road pricing Managed lanes (like I-66 in NoVA) and congestion pricing (as in NYC) can force AV companies & customers to consider the slowdowns they impose on everyone else.

It's a beautiful day to build some benches!

Built a bench of out reclaimed eucalyptus wood milled by bayarearedwood.com - hard and heavy as hell (weighs more than an 8ft fir bench). Wet with no finish. Eucalyptus lumber gets a lot of hate - maybe undeserved? We will see how this bench ages

Any Berkeley / Oakland area artists interested in painting some benches? dm me.

This year, in honor of Transit Equity Day and Rosa Parks, Transit Columbus and Strong Towns Columbus volunteers cleared bus stops and sidewalks around the city to provide dignity for riders. We built benches to increase accessibility and enable people to rest safely as they journey around Columbus.

In total, twenty-nine people worked together to shovel nine bus stops, and build three benches.

Waymo exec says remote assistance operators are in US and also in Philippines. Markey says that's unacceptable, a national & cyber security risk. And it takes jobs away from American drivers to outsource overseas. "Transatlantic backseat driver is downright dangerous in our country" Markey says.

Thank you to everyone who came out for the #AlexPretti memorial ride in Oakland today. It was a huge turnout, even more than shown here at Lake Merritt, as some people peeled off since the start at Rockridge BART. @bikeeastbay.bsky.social @ebbp.bsky.social

Your friendly reminder that you should NOT support Gavin for president, in no small part bc the $750M emergency *loan* he agreed to became $590M months later. Gavin doesn’t really care about transit, at best

The campaign to save Bay Area transit kicks off this Friday! Join events happening across the region as we start collecting the 200k signatures needed to get this initiative on the November ballot. luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...

SFBABC just published a 40-pager on how we crank out 10 guerilla bus stop benches in a weekend. I’m proud to have helped write, edit, and photograph this alongside @carterlavin.bsky.social, @mingweisamuel.bsky.social, & others. Get the doc sfbabc.org/join or read my post: medium.com/@michalmigur...

Weeknotes, 2026W02: Benches

For the past year I’ve been helping build bus stop benches. I joined a two year Bay Area project that has built and installed over 100…

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I've been feeling blue about the world, so to cheer me up, my friend and I did some DIY benching. There are new & improved community AC Transit bus benches at: 6 : Telegraph & Wesbter @ Whole Foods 6 : Telegraph & Woolsey @ Smokehouse 12 : MLK & University @ Trader Joes 27 : Ashby & Shattuck

"Why does Sonic need a car?" motherfucker why do YOU? You can run everywhere too if you want to but here you are. Maybe address north american urban design so we can get some 15 minute cities, and quality public transit options.

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...

423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

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Come through this Sunday! We'll be joined by @barnalighosh.bsky.social, @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social, @alfredtwu.com, @mingweisamuel.bsky.social, @brandonsedai.bsky.social, and @tsch.uy.

Seamless Bay Area@seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Bay Area transit just had one of its most politically successful legislative sessions in part because of @transbaycoalition.bsky.social & our leadership in the pro-transit community. But there is still a lot of work ahead - so come party it up & help raise funds to strengthen transit advocacy.

Spotted my first @ehbforbet.bsky.social bench in the wild (at Painter Park). And it’s in a spot that has been in dire need of public seating for a very long time. Thank you, @locallhuman.bsky.social & @ehbforbet.bsky.social !

California Prop 50 ballots are starting to arrive in voters' mailboxes. Don't delay, vote today! #YesOnProp50

AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 10mo ago

CA: due to recent USPS changes, mail in ballots in some places may not be postmarked the day they are mailed but will instead be postmarked a day later. Ballots must be postmarked by election day to be counted. Mail in your ballot early or use a ballot drop box to make sure your voice is heard.

Mark your calendars‼️ On Saturday, 9/27 we're hosting our first official campaign event‼️ In partnership with the Minneapolis Public Seating Authority, we will assemble community benches for use in neighborhoods across the city. Food, drinks, and good times aplenty! actionnetwork.org/events/bench...

We're happy to see an official Muni sign at Church/Duboce replace our community-installed one after 3 years! They even reused our mounting hardware 🥺 Make your own sign at munisign.org/

To put this loan amount in perspective: California is spending $500 million to widen a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 in the northern Bay Area (through a wetland, no less). But $750 million to save the *entire* Bay Area’s transit systems is apparently infeasible.

Senator Scott Wiener@scottwiener.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We’ve been informed by the Governor’s Department of Finance that it won’t agree before our legislative session ends (on Friday) to finalize a $750M bridge loan to Bay Area transit. This loan was agreed to in our June budget. Without it, BART, Muni, et al will cut service.🧵

The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters Point, and Potrero Hill. sfist.com/2025/08/22/g...

‘Guerilla Bench’ Activists Back At It, Install 12 More Lovely But Unauthorized Benches at Muni Stops

The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters…

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