Comment by insane_dreamer

I've tried Tesla FSD a couple of times (free trial in our Model 3) and didn't like it (even though I'm an early adopter who is used to putting up with rough edges; my wife tried it once and wouldn't touch it again). It acted like a nervous new driver.

Portland is a tough place to drive, lots of edge cases, so a good test case for Waymo.

Having said that, as good as Waymo might be, I'm still concerned about the effect on public transport, which I use when I can. We're in the suburbs but it's good for getting downtown (no parking to worry about) and to the airport, which unlike many US cities is served by rail. We're don't live near a light rail station (wish there were more of them!) but we park and ride. I wish more people would do that, but Americans are obsessed with single car transport and the cities are designed for that.