My fascination for driverless cars turned to concern when I heard about their interfering with first responders when they stall and have to be rescued by human beings ("unexpected vehicle retrieval events"), as was the case for Cruise 177 times between January 1st and July 18. We don't need more cars on our street. There are over 100,000 human ride-hail drivers in SF. We need to support public transit!

I found out about this rally from the new head of Transit Justice, Shaya French, who spoke at the rally today. I spoke too after a self-declared communists I recognized from the defense of the ArnautauffMurals at Washington High School.

Unfortunately, after the rally this morning and 5 or 6 hours of comments, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to give driverless cars more berth.

On the positive side, demonstrations are good meeting places, and I saw Elaine and Phil Pasquini and met Martha Hubert, who was artfully writing messages in chalk.

"What the city urgently needs is a modern, frequent and efficient public transportation system and fewer cars." - Phil Pasquini

I've been taking Muni in SF since 1966--all over the city--and most of my experiences have been positive ones.