Municipal pushback: Minneapolis proposes mandatory in-car safety monitors (Sept 22, 2026)
Autonomous Vehicle Market 2025 to 2032: Regulatory Inflection, Robotaxi Scale-Up and the Sub-USD 30K Cost Curve Reshaping Mobility →Minneapolis City Council hearings advanced an ordinance requiring a paid human safety monitor in all driverless cars, which Waymo publicly called a de facto ban. It reflects growing local-friction against fleet growth, aimed at protecting roughly 10,000 local rideshare drivers. Similar local measures could fragment the operating environment for robotaxi networks.
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