""We are resuming ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area," company spokesperson Suzanne Philion wrote at 3:51 p.m. "Yesterday's power outage was a widespread event that caused gridlock across San Francisco, with non-functioning traffic signals and transit disruptions. While the failure of the utility infrastructure was significant, we are committed to ensuring our technology adjusts to traffic flow during such events.""
""already learning and improving from this event""
""the sheer scale of the outage led to instances where vehicles remained stationary longer than usual to confirm the state of the affected intersections.""
""This contributed to traffic friction during the height of the congestion," it wrote."
Waymo returned its autonomous fleet to San Francisco streets after pausing service when vehicles stalled at non-functioning traffic signals during a widespread power outage. The outage caused gridlock and transit disruptions across the city, and Waymo said its vehicles sometimes remained stationary longer than usual while confirming intersection states. The company said it is learning from the event and will adjust technology to traffic flow during similar incidents. San Francisco officials asked Waymo to help reduce vehicle density. The PG&E blackout affected about 125,000 customers, with limited outages remaining in the Richmond District.
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