Waymo’s fleet of white Jaguar SUVs is a familiar sight on many San Francisco streets, but not on the city’s iconic Market Street. That’s about to change.
Market Street has been the city’s main traffic thoroughfare since it was laid out in 1847. A two-mile stretch downtown has been mostly car-free since 2019. There has been increasing pressure to remove the ban on private vehicles.
Lurie said Waymo will begin the process of mapping Market Street within days. A human autonomous vehicle specialist will be behind the wheel of specific Waymo vehicles as they begin surveying.
The mayor announced on X that Waymo may begin taking passengers along Market Street as soon as this summer.
