San Francisco’s Safe Street Rebel group has waged a war against robotaxis in an effort to end vehicle dominance in the city and promote public transport
It’s a typical Wednesday night in San Francisco, a wet fog coating the street-lit sidewalks of the Lower Haight neighborhood.
In the shadows of Duboce park, eight activists have gathered, bikes in hand. Their mission: to disable as many self-driving cars on the streets of the city as possible over the course of the next few hours. Their weapon of choice? A simple traffic cone, nicked from sidewalks and construction sites as they bike along.
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