What is a safety? Waymo don't know.

Howdy,

Lots to cover this week and we barely make a dent.

• New York City's congestion pricing and its effects on traffic and pollution;
• Self driving cars still lacking in data transparency, safety standards, and industry practices;
• Waymo, the boondoggle at Google?
• Safety is defined as 'absence of unreasonable risk' and this is nonsense;
• Telsa recalls and the Cybertruck gets a lot in it's first year;
• and more

Links:

• https://www.wsj.com/us-news/nyc-congestion-pricing-traffic-update-e31e638a
• https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/high-visibility-clothing-may-thwart-pedestrian-crash-prevention-sensors
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-09/san-francisco-s-robotaxi-takeover-as-seen-from-city-hall
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/22/waymo-robotaxi-passengers-harassment/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/30/waymo-pedestrians-robotaxi-crosswalks/
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.01917
• https://www.wsj.com/tech/uber-lyft-self-driving-taxis-a3659c9c
• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/29/tesla-is-secretly-recalling-cybertruck-batteries/
• https://electrek.co/2025/01/13/elon-musk-misrepresents-data-that-shows-tesla-is-still-years-away-from-unsupervised-self-driving/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V957-2661.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V954-5979.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V002-6930.PDF