Autonomous vehicles are the future -- San Diego must embrace them

Autonomous vehicles are the future -- San Diego must embrace them

A Waymo vehicle leaving the San Jose Mineta International Airport. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated Pres) San Diego’s elected leaders have been aggressively removing traffic lanes and parking spaces to make way for bus lanes, trolley expansions, and bike infrastructure. While these policies are often framed as forward-thinking climate action-driven experiments they are rooted in a transportation vision that is already outdated.  The fu…