Top Tweets for #SB915

about 2 years ago

🚨#SB915 won't become law this year, reports @lara_korte. Thank you to the #CALeg and the broader coalition for voicing concerns. AVs offer tremendous benefits to California, and the current regulatory structure works.

saferroadsorg's tweet photo. 🚨#SB915 won't become law this year, reports @lara_korte. Thank you to the #CALeg and the broader coalition for voicing concerns. AVs offer tremendous benefits to California, and the current regulatory structure works. https://t.co/CD5AGo7eVO

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about 2 years ago

"It’s not accessible transportation if their homes, jobs, schools, or other destinations are located in cities that haven’t or won’t authorize AVs." @NFB_voice's Tim Elder and AVIA's @JeffFarrah explained why CA lawmakers should REJECT #SB915 https://t.co/rU3255MsYg

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Cormac McKay @cormacDublin

about 2 years ago

Getting word that #SB915 has been pulled from today’s #CALeg Assembly Transportation hearing 👀. Will share more details about what’s next for the bill when we have them.

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about 2 years ago

@ProgressChamber @GavinNewsom He should also block regressive bills like #SB915 & #AB3061 that could damage Autonomous SharedMobility adoption and large scale deployments, Transport Equality and the potential Health, Mental Health & environmental benefits from RoboTaxi deployments. https://t.co/K1YCIvMmqG

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about 2 years ago

We urge lawmakers to REJECT #SB915 +70 disability, biz & other local orgs have raised significant concerns about #SB915 as a backdoor ban on AVs, preventing Californians from seeing the technology’s safety & accessibility benefits. Our letter: https://t.co/swcz7K3w7Z

theavindustry's tweet photo. We urge lawmakers to REJECT #SB915

+70 disability, biz & other local orgs have raised significant concerns about #SB915 as a backdoor ban on AVs, preventing Californians from seeing the technology’s safety & accessibility benefits.

Our letter: https://t.co/swcz7K3w7Z https://t.co/lwu5OWf3kD

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about 2 years ago

Another view of how #SB915 is a backdoor ban for AVs in California. A patchwork of local ordinances will prevent AVs from traveling city-to-city. Even if a city authorizes ops, other neighboring cities may create burdensome regulations, blocking accessibility for all nearby.

theavindustry's tweet photo. Another view of how #SB915 is a backdoor ban for AVs in California.

A patchwork of local ordinances will prevent AVs from traveling city-to-city. Even if a city authorizes ops, other neighboring cities may create burdensome regulations, blocking accessibility for all nearby. https://t.co/A2DgoKtKbP

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about 2 years ago

The bill is equivalent to needing a different driver’s license for different cities – 15 of the largest + 86 additional. If a city passes a local ordinance harming AVs, that prevents access to all other Californians in the area How #SB915 hurts AV access for San Jose residents⬇️

theavindustry's tweet photo. The bill is equivalent to needing a different driver’s license for different cities – 15 of the largest + 86 additional. If a city passes a local ordinance harming AVs, that prevents access to all other Californians in the area
How #SB915 hurts AV access for San Jose residents⬇️ https://t.co/pwTDATaatf

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about 2 years ago

#SB915 slams the brakes on AVs, hurting accessibility for 44% of Californians. 🟥 = largest cities that can pass their own regs 🟨= contiguous cities that can pass their own regs Take a look at how SB915 hurts AV access for LA residents ⬇️🧵

theavindustry's tweet photo. #SB915 slams the brakes on AVs, hurting accessibility for 44% of Californians.

🟥 = largest cities that can pass their own regs
🟨= contiguous cities that can pass their own regs
Take a look at how SB915 hurts AV access for LA residents ⬇️🧵 https://t.co/jBkEnbxIto

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about 2 years ago

Big day for #SB915! As reported by @politicoca, it’s up in the #CALeg Assembly Transportation Committee, facing significant changes to prevent cities from turning AVs into taxis. https://t.co/vbKPDRhFUb

saferroadsorg's tweet photo. Big day for #SB915! As reported by @politicoca, it’s up in the #CALeg Assembly Transportation Committee, facing significant changes to prevent cities from turning AVs into taxis.

https://t.co/vbKPDRhFUb https://t.co/FaCekar5GQ

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over 2 years ago

We are disappointed that #SB915 was approved by the #CALeg Senate. If the bill becomes law, it will allow the largest cities, and any bordering cities, to set arbitrary rules limiting AVs as a reliable transportation option for Californians. The state already effectively regulates AVs, just like they do for other vehicles. We need policies that promote AVs because they improve road safety.

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over 2 years ago

#SB915 would hurt the 797,300 blind Californians who can’t get a license @NFB_voice's Tim Elder & AVIA CEO @JeffFarrah explain the bill's harmful impacts on equity in CA. https://t.co/HuallwN4r0

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Teamsters California @TeamstersCA

over 2 years ago

The first version of #SB915 literally allowed every city and county in California to ban AVs. The current version of the bill allows every city and county to implement arbitrary rules for AVs including capping the number of AVs and restricting when they can operate in their jurisdictions. It's a ban through other means.

over 2 years ago

SB 915 does not allow for AV bans. It provides for reasonable regulation, something self-described "progressive" Chamber of Progress is totally against.

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over 2 years ago

.@mattyglesias calls out #SB915 as an insidious effort to ban autonomous vehicles in California: “More insidiously, there is an effort afoot in California to establish local control over driverless car regulation. As we know from the housing landscape, the principle of localism is a good way to block stuff without explicitly saying you want to block stuff." https://t.co/h5K1P6ym0w #CALeg

Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias

over 2 years ago · Washington

Self-driving cars have become underhyped, with Waymo operating an actual functioning taxi service most people don’t seem to know exists that is expanding into two new significant markets. https://t.co/3XZKep58sq

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over 2 years ago

If #SB915 is adopted in California, this is what taking an autonomous vehicle trip will look like. That's because the bill allows local governments to implement their own rules for AVs which will result in AVs being unavailable in many parts of the state.

saferroadsorg's tweet photo. If #SB915 is adopted in California, this is what taking an autonomous vehicle trip will look like.

That's because the bill allows local governments to implement their own rules for AVs which will result in AVs being unavailable in many parts of the state. https://t.co/g07eqWmdiw

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over 2 years ago

Important rewatch ahead of today's #SB915 hearing SB915 would allow cities to effectively ban AVs, creating serious equity and accessibility problems for Californians

Chamber of Progress

@ProgressChamber

over 2 years ago

CA lawmakers in yesterday's autonomous vehicle hearing had major concerns about SB915, a bill enabling municipalities to ban and tax AVs. As one senator said, the bill creates a "political checkerboard" for AVs, undermining an innovation that will improve road safety. Listen in:

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Mountain View Voice @mvvoice

over 2 years ago

“The reason for AVs is to increase the number of transit opportunities, increase the number of deliveries that can be made, whether you’re elderly or whether you have other kinds of issues, increase your options in terms of being able to go,” said @chambermv's Peter Katz. #SB915

over 2 years ago

Autonomous vehicles have largely been regulated by the state, but a proposed law would allow cities in California to implement their own local rules. Mountain View's local AV companies have come out in opposition. https://t.co/12in8mR4Rm

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over 2 years ago

A recap of today's #SB915 hearing ⬇️ By requiring every single local government in the state to pass an AV ordinance, SB 915 would halt AVs’ progress in California and harm those seeking new mobility opportunities.

over 2 years ago

#SB915 is up in the #CALeg Local Government Committee now. The bill would allow local governments to implement arbitrary rules that restrict autonomous vehicles from operating throughout the state. Livestream here: https://t.co/1SKlIV8S0P

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Greg Rogers

@AVGregR

over 2 years ago

#SB915 illustrates why policymaking is about knowing not just which tool is right for the job, but which expert should do it. If you already have two expert electricians rewiring your house, you're not going to call 500+ laymen and invite them to help.

AVGregR's tweet photo. #SB915 illustrates why policymaking is about knowing not just which tool is right for the job, but which expert should do it.

If you already have two expert electricians rewiring your house, you're not going to call 500+ laymen and invite them to help. https://t.co/PRrLgZIuDl