Companies like Waymo hold themselves up as harbingers of a safer future on the roads, touting statistics like 82% fewer crashes in which an airbag deployed, and 92% fewer pedestrian collisions with injuries when compared to human drivers.

Elon Musk mocks Waymo after rival's self-driving cars stopped at intersections during San Francisco power outage, while claiming Tesla's robotaxi remained unaffected.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has launched a sweeping new effort to make the city's streets safer, signing an executive directive that puts his office in charge of coordinating traffic safety work across city government.

Downtown San Francisco has been struggling to bring foot traffic to the area since the pandemic, but that appears to be changing.