Standing at the corner of Guerrero and Cesar Chavez counting Waymos in the rain. Totally normal stuff.
I counted 28 Waymos in ten minutes (10-10:10am). It’s hard to tell, but most appeared to be unoccupied. I only saw 2 passengers.
Some days it feels like there are far more Waymos than usual. Maybe there’s a special event, or maybe there are fewer human driven cars out today, but I saw a few large caravans of Waymos that were sometimes 7-8 deep, all in the same lane.
I spent an hour counting autonomous vehicles at this same exact spot back in 2023. You can find that post here: https://mastodon.social/@docpop/110851729137361344
I don't hear many other folks doing this sort of counting, but I think it's pretty useful.
I did another quick Waymo count today, this time at Guerrero & 29th in #SanFrancisco
In 10 minutes:
• 46 driverless Waymos
• 85 human-driven vehicles
About a third of the traffic on my street is driverless cars.
Hard to confirm, but I never saw a passenger in any of these AVs.
