I’m just going to copy/paste my comment from when this was posted on r/urbanism.
“In San Francisco, where Waymo began operating in June 2024, traffic injuries actually increased by 2.6 percent from 2,896 in 2023 to 2,907 in 2025, according to data tracked by the city.”
Pretty poor opinion as they don’t even attempt to control for other variables. One example: The number of people walking around downtown SF has increased pretty dramatically (26%) in the 2 intervening years.
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I’m just going to copy/paste my comment from when this was posted on r/urbanism.
“In San Francisco, where Waymo began operating in June 2024, traffic injuries actually increased by 2.6 percent from 2,896 in 2023 to 2,907 in 2025, according to data tracked by the city.”
Pretty poor opinion as they don’t even attempt to control for other variables. One example: The number of people walking around downtown SF has increased pretty dramatically (26%) in the 2 intervening years.
Source: https://downtownrecovery.com/charts/us_trends