[wanderingstan]

In my experience they are very strict about finding a “safe” place to pick up and drop off, which often means turning onto a small side street or looking for a gap in parked cars. They won’t block traffic like a Lyft/Uber driver might.

[crazygringo]

> They won’t block traffic like a Lyft/Uber driver might.

Wow, then I don't know how they'd ever expand to NYC.

In most areas there's no such thing as a "safe place" that doesn't block traffic.

If there are sides of the road that aren't traffic (or bicycle) lanes, then they're taken up by parking.

Taxis, Ubers, delivery trucks -- literally everything just stops in the street (or bicycle lane) and traffic temporarily goes around it.

[mupuff1234]

They'll just have to change the behavior, I assume the current behavior is just out of caution not some technical limit.

[crazygringo]

It's because it's illegal to double-park.

Everyone in NYC does it because they have to, but Waymo is obeying the law.