Driverless cars in the Bay Area and the use as ROBO-Taxis; Waymo's plans to expand on the road
Summary
TLDRこのビデオ脚本では、サンフランシスコ湾エリアにおける無人車の存在感の拡大とロボタクシーの利用が議論されています。いくつかの企業がこの技術の利便性をアピールしていますが、ソフトウェアの不具合や安全に関する懸念もあります。住民からの報告によると、特定の場所では無人車がナビゲーションに苦労していると指摘されています。教授BFAは、各問題が製品の証明と改善の機会と見なされるべきだと述べており、企業はそれを公開し、修正すべきだと主張しています。一方で、州はローカル政府によるロボタクシーの配置の権限を与える法案を通過させ、連邦捜査も開始しています。また、ウェイモは南湾エリアへの拡大を計画していますが、その安全性に関する批判も根強いです。
Takeaways
- 🚗 自动驾驶汽车在旧金山湾区日益增多,多家公司正在推广其便利性。
- 🛑 尽管自动驾驶出租车(Robo taxis)提供了便利,但还存在技术故障和安全担忧。
- 🗺️ 旧金山的Telegraph社区由于复杂的街道布局,自动驾驶汽车有时会难以导航。
- 🎥 有人记录并上传了Waymo汽车在Greenwich街尽头的转角处卡住的视频。
- 👨🏫 San Jose State的工程学教授BFA认为,每次问题都是改进产品的机会。
- 📈 尽管存在挑战,BFA教授认为SB915法案可能造成自动驾驶车辆在不同城市间的部署混乱。
- 👴 居民Eileen iari见证了Waymo汽车的困境,但也看到了自动驾驶出租车的好处。
- 🚶♀️ 一些行人对自动驾驶汽车的扩张持谨慎态度,担心其对交通和行人安全的影响。
- 🔍 国家公路交通安全管理局(NHTSA)正在调查Waymo汽车的事故和交通违规行为。
- 📊 Waymo表示,尽管面临挑战,但他们在复杂环境中提供超过50,000次每周的行程,并且对安全记录感到自豪。
- 📈 Waymo计划在湾区南部扩展服务,但面临一些阻力,批评者认为扩张速度过快。
- 🤔 专家Billy Riggs认为,尽管存在公共接受度和安全问题,Waymo在自动驾驶领域处于领先地位。
- 🚘 讨论了自动驾驶汽车的公共感知问题,以及如何提高人们对这项新技术的信任。
- 🚦 有关自动驾驶汽车的安全性和未来潜力的讨论,以及它们如何改变我们的交通方式。
- 🌐 康特拉科斯塔县正在计划一个名为Glide的自动驾驶出租车网络,旨在连接郊区的主要兴趣点。
Q & A
サンフランシスコにおける自動運転車の現状はどうですか?
-サンフランシスコでは、複数の企業による自動運転タクシーのテストが行われており、その利便性が称賛されていますが、安全性に関する懸念も存在しています。
自動運転タクシーの普及に伴い、どのような問題が報告されていますか?
-自動運転タクシーは時に道路の複雑な状況に直面し、うまく進むことができないことが報告されています。例えば、テレグラフ街では、多くの細い道路と奇妙な方向性を持つ道が存在し、自動運転車が進むのが難しいとされています。
Brian Culbertsonが録画した動画とは何ですか?
-Brian Culbertsonは、グリーンウィッチ街でのUターン地点で自動運転車が動揺える様子を録画し、SNSに投稿しましたが、取材に応じることは拒否しました。
教授BFAは自動運転車の問題にどのように対応すべきだと考えていますか?
-教授BFAは、自動運転車の問題が見つかったら、企業はそれを率直に認め、修正し、「これが問題だったが、もう二度と起こらない」と宣言すべきだと考えています。
自動運転車を規制する州法S915について教えてください。
-S915は、ローカル政府に対して自動運転タクシーが展開できる場所についての権限を与える法案です。この法案は、自動運転車が一つの市で許可されていても隣市の境界で止められるという問題を招く可能性があると懸念されています。
Eileen Iariは自動運転タクシーの利点とは何だと述べていますか?
-Eileen Iariは、自動運転タクシーが提供する利便性を評価しており、特に夜間の出勤を必要とする看護師の娘にとっては、ドライバーを心配することなく目的地に向かえるという利点があると述べています。
自動運転タクシーの安全性に関する国民間での懸念はどの程度ですか?
-国民間では自動運転タクシーの安全性に対する懸念がありますが、実際のデータではこれらの車はUberなどのシェアリング企業よりも安全だとされています。
Waymoがサンホセ州立大学の教授BFAにどのように影響を与えているか教えてください。
-教授BFAは、自動運転技術の将来性について語り、Waymoがリードする市場シェアを得るために信頼を得る必要があると指摘しています。
カントリーカスタ郡での新しい交通実験とは何ですか?
-カントリーカスタ郡では、Glide Carsという名の自動運転ポッドのネットワークを展開する計画があり、これは4人乗りのローリングポッドです。最終的には、ブリントウッドからオークリー、アンチオチ、ピッツバーグまでの28マイルの閉じた道路を走行する予定です。
Waymoが現在提供している乗車サービスの範囲はどのくらいですか?
-Waymoは現在、週に5万人以上の乗車サービスを提供しており、最も複雑な環境のいくつかでそのパフォーマンスと安全記録に誇っています。
自動運転車が今後5年でどのような進化があると予想されますか?
-自動運転車は今後5年でさらに進化し、特定の都市区域での自動運転のみのゾーンが設けられる可能性があると予想されています。
Outlines
🚗 自動運転車の安全性と課題
初段落では、サンフランシスコにおける自動運転車の台数増加とロボタクシーの使用が話題となっている。いくつかの企業がこの技術の利便性をアピールしているが、技術的な不具合や安全性に関する懸念もあります。ケニー・チョイはサンフランシスコの特定の場所でウェイモ社の自動運転車がナビゲートに苦労していることから話す。ローゼマリー・デズナは、その地域に住み、多くの細い道路や異常に複雑な方向性を持つ場所があると語ります。さらに、Brian Culbertsonがウェイモ社の車がグリニッジ通りでのターンで詰まっている映像を撮影し、SNSで投稿したと報告されています。住民はそのターンが皆にとって難しいと認識しており、技術者であるBFAは、問題が報告されることで製品を証明し、途中の不十分な点を認めるべきだと述べています。また、その州の法案S915がローカル政府にロボタクシーの配置場所を決める権限を与えると、地域間での車両の扱いがばらけるという懸念もあります。
🚖 ロボタクシーの拡大とそれに伴う抵抗
第二段落では、ウェイモ社のロボタクシーの拡大計画が進められているものの、抵抗も出てきていると報告されています。ケニー・チョイはサンマテオに南下する計画があるが、その急速な拡大に批判が寄せられていると説明します。リック・ギャラノは、新しい移動手段が通勤を容易にすることに興味を持ち、ウェイモ社のサービスをたまたま利用した経験から評価しています。自動運転技術の専門家であるアフマド・BFAは、将来的にはドライバーが不要になるという見解を示しており、他の企業とウェイモ社の間での競争が激しいと指摘しています。しかし、安全に関する懸念からサノ郡のディヴィッド・カニパはウェイモ社の拡大に反対しています。彼は、安全に関するデータと透明性が必要であると主張しており、警察や消防士、公衆工事とコミュニケーションを取る必要があるとしています。
🤖 公共の認識と自動運転車の安全性
第三段落では、ビリー・リグス教授が自動運転車の安全性と公共の認識に関する議論に加わっています。教授は、ウェイモ社の車両が人間の運転者よりも安全であるデータがあるにもかかわらず、人々が自動運転車を信頼していないという事実に触れています。メディアは、報告された事故例を大きく報道する傾向にあり、それが公共の認識に影響を与えると指摘しています。教授は、自動運転車が人間の運転者と比較してはるかに安全であると主張し、技術の進歩とその普及が、人間の不適切な運転行為を排除するのに役立つと語っています。また、特定の都市では自動運転車のみが走行できるエリアを設けることが考えられると予測しています。
🚦 Glide Carsによる新しい交通実験
最終段落では、カトラ・カスタ郡での新しい交通実験が紹介されています。Glide Carsと呼ばれるネットワーク型の自動運転タクシーが、28マイルの長い閉じた道路を走行する予定です。この計画では、ブレントウッドを始めとするいくつかの都市を結ぶ56のピックアップポイントが設けられ、乗客はアプリを通じて個々の車を呼びます。車は約5フィート幅で、既存の道路やトレイル、鉄道脇に設置される予定です。このサービスは、市中心部や商業施設、その他の交通システムへのアクセスを目的としています。
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Keywords
💡自動運転車
💡ロボタクシー
💡ウェイモ
💡技術的不具合
💡安全
💡州の法案
💡地域の反対
💡技術の進歩
💡公衆の受け入れ
💡 Glide cars
Highlights
Autonomous cars, particularly Robo taxis, are increasingly present in the Bay Area, with several companies operating on the streets.
Despite the convenience, there are concerns about safety and glitches, such as cars getting stuck at difficult navigation points.
San Francisco's Telegraph neighborhood has complex street layouts that challenge autonomous vehicles.
Professor BFA from San Jose State University suggests that each issue encountered is an opportunity for improvement and transparency.
State bill s915 proposes giving local governments control over where Robo taxis can operate, which could limit their deployment.
Some residents have witnessed autonomous vehicles getting stuck but also acknowledge their benefits, such as increased safety during late-night trips.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Waymo after incidents of accidents or traffic law violations.
Waymo plans to expand its services to the peninsula but faces resistance due to safety and other concerns.
Professor Billy Riggs discusses the future of autonomous vehicles and the competitive landscape among companies like Waymo, Cruise, and Tesla.
Public perception of autonomous vehicles is mixed, with some still distrusting the technology despite safety data.
The expansion of autonomous vehicles raises concerns about job loss for human drivers in the ride-sharing industry.
There are plans for a network of autonomous rolling pods called Glide cars in Contra Costa County to improve transit.
Glide cars are designed to run on an enclosed roadway, potentially reducing the need for additional infrastructure.
The autonomous transit project aims to connect major points of interest and integrate with existing transit systems.
The discussion on driverless car safety and public acceptance continues, with experts weighing in on the benefits and drawbacks.
Transcripts
this afternoon we're diving into the
growing presence of autonomous cars here
in the Bay Area and the use of them as
Robo taxis several companies are out on
the streets right now touting the
convenience of this technology but what
about the glitches and concerns about
safety our Kenny Choy starts our
conversation in San Francisco where
there's one spot that wayo cars seem to
have tough time navigating
Rosemary desna has lived in San
Francisco's Telegraph neighborhood for
decades we have a main thorough fair and
a lot of small streets that feed into it
with a lot of weird directionals
five-way streets and that kind of stuff
she chooses to walk when she can and is
acutely aware of her surroundings lately
with more Robo taxis passing by I've
just noticed a lot of um car you know
driverless cars getting stuck the way
Brian Culbertson who was visiting qu
Tower nearby recorded and posted on X
this video of a wh getting stuck at the
turnaround on Greenwich Street he
declined to be interviewed on camera
residents know the tight turn at the
dead end can present some issues this
turnaround is hard for everybody uh
because they don't know that it's a
turnaround ahed BFA is a professor of
engineering at San Jose State people are
using them and and that's why I hear
about more problem because you discover
new scenarios that didn't never thought
about it BFA believes each hiccup is a
chance foro to prove its product and
acknowledge imperfections along the way
the company should be upfront about it
and fix it and say we know what's wrong
with this this this scenario we we fixed
it it's not going to happen again please
close thead despite the latest bump in
the road BFA believes
s915 a bill that would give local
governments authority over where Robo
taxis can be deployed would create a
nightmare where an autonomous vehicle
would be allowed in one city and then
stopped at the boorder of the next city
that might not allow AVS
residents like Eileen iari have
witnessed stranded Whos too I have seen
whmo cars up come in and go at too sharp
of an angle and then stop and not know
what to do but she also sees the upside
of driverless taxis like for her
daughter-in-law who takes Late Night
Trips as a nurse I didn't have to deal
with a driver that I didn't know getting
in a foreign car I just got in told said
where I was going and it took me there
very smoothly this pedestrian crossing a
street in North Beach shook her head in
disbelief as the wayo rightfully stopped
and turned after the path cleared my
motiv uper on day is to uh wait for
those cars to pass in traffic before I
make my moves Crossing as a pedestrian
some are very comfortable with the white
Robo taxis expanding across the bay area
Rosemary desna is cautious now weo did
not respond to our specific questions
about the stranded cars as for that
state bill that would let local
governments weigh in on Robo taxi
operations on their streets it has
passed the senate floor and will be
taken up by the assembly weo is also
under a federal scrutiny the national
highway traffic safety administration
launched a probe earlier this month
citing 22 incidents where weo cars got
into an accident or violated traffic
laws and last Thursday the agency said
it learned of nine more cases in
including one in San Francisco where a
wh Mo drove the wrong way on a one-way
Street the office said it's not aware of
any injuries in any of these cases weo
says it will continue to work with the
federal agency it said in a statement
they currently serve over 50,000 weekly
trips in some of the most complex
environments and they are proud of their
performance and safety record they added
they are committed to transparency when
it comes to
safety and the national highway safety
administration has also launched a probe
in Amazon Robo taxi company zuk two of
those Vehicles were rear-ended after
suddenly breaking in
traffic and the agency is also looking
into Cruz which had its permits to
operate in California pulled State
Regulators said Cruz misled them about
an accident where the car hit and
dragged a woman who was thrown into its
path by another
car Sil ahead we talked live with the
Bay Area professor of transportation and
Innovation about the benefits and the
drop backs of these Robo taxis plus weo
planning to expand South in the Bay Area
why some lawmakers are pushing to pump
the
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brakes this half hour We're exploring
the growing presence of driverless cars
here in the Bay Area and for the past
few months people have been calling
rides from Google's autonomous car
company weo here in San Francisco
through the app now the company plans to
test rides on the peninsula at first
only weo employees could ride as far
south as San Mato with plans to expand
to Sunnyville but the company is running
into a little resistance as our Kenny
Choy reports some critics say the
expansion is Just Happening too
fast when a driverless car struts by and
catches eyes people stop and stare
Rick galano has noticed too he's always
looking for the next best mode of
transportation whatever makes it easier
is critical when that commute is every
day I work two job I'm able to rest in
between riding the bus he rides the bus
uses an e scooter and a ride hailing
service if the weather gets nasty lately
the San Francisco native has been using
weo occasionally for more reasons than
just one I don't have to deal with
drivers that are that have bad attitude
cuz it's driver you know with weo
expanding to the peninsula for the first
time Rick believes it could become part
of his regular commute to San Bruno if
the ride Fair makes economic
sense I jumped into one to take it for a
ride hello from weo and see what the
hype is all about a few minutes in by
chance on our way to the destination I
punched in we approached a construction
zone he's giving the slow sign it slowed
down navigated the cones and came out
the other end without a hitch Ahmed BFA
is a professor of engineering at San
Jose State the future is driverless all
of us knows that it's a matter of when
and also a matter of who who will gain
dominance in a driverless world it's a
very tight robe that they are walking
gain the trust gain the the market share
before Tesla comes into play before crws
come back thanks but it's not full
throttle forward for weo just yet as
lawmakers unions and First Responders
have been critical questioning it safety
among other concerns Sano County
Supervisor David canipa opposes wh's
expansion he wants more data and
transparency related to any safety
issues near crashes and more we need to
put guard rails and that means wh Mo has
to communicate uh with police Chiefs
Fire Chiefs um they have to communicate
with Department of Public Works once
once you gain this trust and people are
used to it and not afraid of seeing it
on their you know on their roads on
their streets then it's going to the the
human driver will disappear in that case
it's going to be really an autonomous
driverless cars that's part of the
conundrum for Rick galano what could
make his commute easier and cheaper one
day could come at a cost I can see like
Uber drivers and lift drivers losing
their jobs because you have automated
cars that are moving out there just like
that the driver is out of
sight when we asked the company for a
timeline to all this weo didn't give us
answer but simply said that the
expansion will take some time the
company told us they will work closely
with cities and First Responders to
ensure that they are offering rides that
are safe and
accessible and still ahead a plan to use
Robo taxis as Transit the major project
in the works in contracosta
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6:30 well this half half hour we're
talking Robo taxis and safety joining me
now is Billy rigs a professor of
transportation and Innovation at the
University of San Francisco thanks so
much for being here yeah thanks for
having me all right let's get to it is
there really anything stopping weo I
mean money public acceptance is it full
steam ahead I think it's full Full Speed
Ahead for for wh Mo I mean I think
they're they're well capitalized they've
got great technology and um I think
there's a lot of opportunity for them to
really prove that you know Automation
and safe driving has a future not only
in San Francisco but Way Beyond now is
it essentially in in the terms of the
race to who's going to end up on top of
all this it's really wayos to lose right
Cruz is out zuk's and which is
essentially Amazon is slow going same as
same with Tesla you know does weo
they're kind of at the top right now
right well I think wh Mo's done a really
good job of I think uh winning over a
public opinion and um you know weo has
been at this a long time longer than any
other company uh backed originally by
Google uh alphabet and spun off so
they've got the history but you know I
think I think we can't count out Cruz I
think Cruz has great technology um they
still have over a billion dollars in
cash so you know I think but really we
Mo has an edge now because of their
ability to charge for rides and um you
know we estimate there're still you know
10 million rides um 10 million miles
done and probably adding on about
150,000 miles daily so that that that
driver is getting better and better and
better and if you're not out on the
roads driving um your algorithm isn't
improving and you know so that's I think
that's a huge Advantage for them yeah
they have to be on the streets to really
perfect it right let's talk about public
perception a little bit I mean we know
the data is there that these driverless
cars are in fact safer than the ride
sharing companies like uber but yet
people are still really nervous about
this they don't trust these driverless
cars do you think that's going to change
yeah you know it's funny I I was
thinking about this quite a bit while
coming in here today and I think there's
there's the media depiction and there's
the reality of public acceptance I think
there's what we have here is there's
there's a lot of um media that that gets
churned up when we have instances and
you know whamos had about 22 reportable
instances and when we think about 22
instances over 10 million miles it's
actually far fewer than than we have
from from our public transit agencies
from Human drivers throughout our cities
and it's interesting that we have such a
reaction and I think it's just the
novelty I I think when we consider that
every day in San Francisco in many
cities around the country there are
millions of trips and there's literally
1.1 million trips in San Francisco every
day 50,000 of them are done by weo a
week so okay so it's less than 1% of of
our of our travel on our roads right now
so I think the bigger question we should
be asking from a safety standpoint is
public perception is hit and miss based
on whether or not you have you've
written in the vehicles what your what
your perspective on and your
interpretation of their driving but the
fact is they are performing perhaps
better than than you and I and I I I
like to ask forgiveness for my driving
many times because but I do you know
having ridden in the cars having studied
them I know that there are many times
that I shouldn't behind the be behind
the wheel and there are many times I
don't want to be behind the wheel and I
think that's a when we think about the
evolution of this technology the bigger
question we might be asking is how do we
how can we get a lot of the unsafe
driving behavior that is that is
happening by humans that don't learn the
lessons in difficult situations how do
we get that off the roadways and I think
some city is going to be really radical
and say hey certain portions of our city
maybe need to be autonomous only and I
don't know that's going to be San
Francisco but um you know it very well
could be a city like Oslo which is like
really wants this technology to come to
it basically yesterday yeah you know I
want to step back and talk about
autonomous vehicles on a whole I mean
Mercedes-Benz was the first to come out
with this level three autonomous car
which essentially means the driver can
sit there not touch the gas pedal not
look at the road play their video games
enjoy the scenery do you think that
autonomous personal vehicles are going
to be take off faster than these Robo
taxis well we should do a little PSA
right now on a level three vehicle you
should not be playing video games um and
and in your Tesla self-driving vehicle I
think that you know that you're legally
required to be the the pilot in command
in that V that vehicle so um do I think
level three technology is evolved enough
to where uh we can we'll see it kind of
dominate the private vehicle Market I
think the simple answer is no um the the
technology there can only Advance as far
as the hardware on the vehicles and the
differentiating factor for Cru wh Mo
zooks um the leading companies in this
area is that the hardware on the vehicle
is really sophisticated in being able to
anticipate um errors on the road but
also being able to judge things that
right now we can't do with just cameras
and particularly one of those things the
liar on many of these vehicles is able
to judge speed in in space and velocity
of things around it and make path
planning decisions in a much more
sophisticated way so I think for freeway
driving yeah that's a great asset for
for for Mercedes um will it translate to
vehicle sales I don't know it's also
expensive but I think you know we should
do everything we can to encourage driver
safety I'm so happy to see all the the
passenger safety driver safety things
coming up in Teslas in BMW in Mercedes
across the board that's a that's a
that's a win for society will it
supplant the sophistication of level
four vehicles we see on Streets of San
Francisco I don't think so just because
of the expense of the hardware needed to
do that level four operation yeah
interesting see we where we are in five
years really fascinating Billy thanks so
much for it is really a pleasure thank
you well we've seen self-driving cars
and on in action on city streets but now
there's also a plan to bring them to the
stretch of the suburbs in Katra Casta
County there's new Transit experiment
it's a network of Robo taxis called
Glide cars they are autonomous rolling
pods that can fit four people in a pot
eventually the plan is to run them on a
28m long enclosed roadway stretching
from Brentwood through Oakley and
Antioch and then ending in Pittsburgh
they plan to have 56 pickup points and
Riders would summon individual cars
using an app and because the cars are
only about 5 ft wide the travel route
can run alongside Trails railroad tracks
and streets without removing any
existing Lanes the routes are designed
to get people to and from major points
of interest like downtown areas
commercial centers and other transit
systems we'll be right
back well thank you so much for joining
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