"Any program to allow fully driverless, for-hire autonomous vehicles, like Waymo, to operate in cities other than New York City must be met with serious scrutiny,"
"There is no evidence that autonomous vehicles help us achieve our goals to make our state or city's streets more people-centered."
"I don't think we should have Waymo in New York City or in New York."
"It's really important that human beings are operating cars and that those cars have speed limiters in them," she said, referencing a bill sponsored by herself and state Sen. Andrew Gounardes that would require the installation of a speed-control device inside the cars of the worst drivers (the bill failed last session)."
Governor Hochul proposed fostering deployment of commercial for-hire autonomous passenger vehicles outside New York City. Open Plans expressed serious concerns, saying fully driverless for-hire autonomous vehicles must face serious scrutiny and arguing there is no evidence AVs make streets more people-centered. Open Plans welcomed New York City's exemption but said unanswered questions remain about allowing fully driverless AVs anywhere in the state. Assembly Member Emily Gallagher opposed Waymo operating in New York City or the state, asserted that humans should operate cars and that vehicles need speed limiters, and expressed distrust of current robo-car perception and sensing capabilities.
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