The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday opened an investigation into whether 1,000 Tesla Cybercab vehicles were properly certified. The auto safety regulator is examining the process and technical data the EV maker relied on to claim compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards. The probe comes after Tesla on Thursday began commercial deployment of a small number of the two-seater Cybercabs in Austin, Texas, and said it planned to gradually expand the service to additional vehicles and locations. NHTSA said the Cybercab lacks permanently attached conventional manual controls, including a steering wheel, brake pedal, accelerator pedal and mirrors. The agency said it would examine the basis for Tesla’s certification of the vehicles and related issues, including the extent to which the company determined that certain Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards were not applicable to the vehicle. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The EV maker had 420 autonomous vehicles registered in Texas as of Friday morning, according to state records, including 45 Cybercab vehicles. In June, the agency proposed to end a government requirement for manual brake pedals in self-driving vehicles, a move that would make it easier to deploy such vehicles on U.S. roads. It has proposed other changes to federal safety standards to allow AVs to avoid needing additional human driver equipment. Under existing law, fully self-driving vehicles do not need NHTSA approval if they have required human controls, like steering wheels, brake pedals or mirrors. NHTSA has authority to grant petitions to allow up to 2,500 vehicles per manufacturer yearly to operate on U.S. roads without required human controls. In July, NHTSA approved a petition for Amazon’s Zoox unit for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, a first for the autonomous ride industry. (Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in
Sep 5, 2026 · via carriermanagement.com
- Tesla is carrying public riders in Austin in a car with no steering wheel or pedals. - NHTSA is evaluating the operation, and federal caps limit how fast the Cybercab can scale. - Cybercabs have turned up near Miami and outside Philadelphia, where Tesla runs no Robotaxi service. Tesla began offering rides to the public in its two-seater Cybercab in parts of Austin, Texas, on Thursday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is evaluating the rollout, as the vehicle lacks a steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors, all features that federal standards typically require. Tesla promoted the Thursday rollout for weeks as an exclusive Cybercab launch event, drawing investors and fans to Austin, but, according to attendees, Tesla CEO Elon Musk skipped the event. What Tesla launched in Austin According to an update to Tesla’s robotaxi website, rides are available only in some parts of Austin. The company did not say when it would begin charging fares. Executives at the event described plans for dynamic pricing that rises with demand, while promising “a first-class experience at coach price.” Texas records showed 45 Cybercabs among the 420 autonomous vehicles Tesla has registered in the state. Waymo, the current U.S. leader in driverless ride-hailing, has 988 registered in Texas. Musk has promised imminent driverless Teslas for years, including at a Cybercab unveiling in October 2024 at a Los Angeles-area movie studio. The rollout has fallen short of those targets, and analysts have flagged slower-than-expected growth in recent months. Safety regulators taking notice Federal safety standards typically require human controls, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration signaled its interest in the Austin operation. “NHTSA is in contact with Tesla and is evaluating the situation,” a spokesperson told Reuters, declining to elaborate. The agency has looked at the Austin service before, with
Sep 5, 2026 · via cbtnews.com
Aric Sleeper here, thinking about the past and future of transportation after checking out the Indy Autonomous Challenge at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Thursday, Sept. 3. The challenge brings together university students from a slew of academic institutions and the private sector to ultimately advance autonomous vehicle technology and build a workforce for the future, with the Thursday race bringing together teams from Caltech, UC Berkeley, Purdue University, Indiana University, Michigan State University, Auburn University, University of Virginia, University of Modena and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. “This is a research and development competition,” says Paul Mitchell, founder and CEO of the Indy Autonomous Challenge. “The teams develop software to pilot these fully autonomous IndyCars. Our organization is based in Indiana and we built 10 of these autonomous racecars and we’ve been running them now for more than five years.” Mitchell explained that the self-governing vehicles have historically run alone on oval tracks and they were performing a “passing competition" on the course at Laguna Seca for the first time. “It’s very exciting,” Mitchell says. “It’s a new form of motorsport but the real goal of this is to advance the technology of autonomous cars—to see how they can handle really challenging driving situations. If you can run a racecar at 170 miles per hour and make passes, you can probably run an autonomous car at 180 miles per hour.” The event was attended by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Seval Oz, who has a long track record of working with autonomous vehicles, having served as Senior Business Development and Global Partnerships Lead at Google [X]’s Self-Driving Car Program, which ultimately became Waymo. “I’m thrilled to be a part of this competition and see this innovative technology actually be tested
Sep 5, 2026 · via montereycountynow.com
Watch: BBC travels in self-driving Uber around London Customers in London can now travel in the UK's first robotaxis as Uber launches its self-driving minicab on Thursday - the company is the first to launch the service. Initially, it only has 15 autonomous vehicles with a licence to operate in the city, and each one must have a human safety driver behind the wheel ready to take control if anything goes wrong. At the moment, the UK fare for a robotaxi ride will be the same fare as a standard UberX, Uber Electric, or Uber Comfort journey, with upfront fares shown in the app. The BBC's Zoe Kleinman was the first British journalist to hail a self-driving Uber in London - here's how the ride went. Related topics - Driverless carsUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. - LondonUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. - UberUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. - TaxisUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.
Sep 4, 2026 · via bbc.co.uk
Tesla slides as underwhelming Cybercab launch draws U.S. probe Tesla Inc. shares tumbled the most in six weeks after a formal rollout of the Cybercab driverless car left investors underwhelmed and drew fresh scrutiny from U.S. auto regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday opened a probe into the process and technical data Tesla relied on when the company self-certified the vehicles — which have no steering wheels or foot pedals — as compliant with all federal safety standards. The agency conducts investigations when “certified vehicles appear to not adhere to these requirements,” it said in a statement. The decision underscored the uncertain path forward for the unorthodox vehicle, which lacks certain driver controls that are typically required by federal standards. The regulatory hurdles are among the many unknowns surrounding the vehicle, alongside technological and market-readiness questions. The Cybercab, which has been in testing in multiple U.S. cities in recent months, is seen as a key piece of Tesla’s plan to evolve beyond a maker of electric vehicles into a pioneer of artificial intelligence products. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has pitched Cybercab as the eventual backbone of a vast robotaxi fleet reaching most of the U.S., vowing to deploy thousands of the cars. Against that backdrop, the company’s introduction of the vehicle into passenger service late Thursday in Austin was uncharacteristically low-key, with no livestream or media access. The automaker opened a Cybercab-specific webpage earlier in the day and posted on social media that public rides would begin Friday evening. The “Cybercab event was largely a bust,” Gary Black, co-founder of Future Fund Advisors, wrote on X. “The launch offered little detail and key questions remained unanswered.” Tesla shares fell 5.92% Friday afternoon in New York, the biggest intraday since July 23. Details of the closed-door launch
Sep 4, 2026 · via spokesman.com
Tesla’s Autonomous Cybercab Service is GO! You can only hail the golden, self-driving ‘cabs a specific Texas city, but it’s a start... Buried in the deluge of tech announcements at Tesla’s “Cybercab Launch Day” rollout of its newest product, a steering-wheel free, two seat autonomous taxi, was the news that the service will be available to paying customers in Austin, Texas, as of Friday, September 4th, at 5pm local time. Prior to this, Cybercab rides were limited to Tesla employees during several months of testing around Austin and other cities in Texas and California. But now, the general public in Austin will be available to hail a Cybercab, via Tesla’s Robotaxi mobile phone app. There are a few catches however; Robotaxi service is limited to a discrete area encompassing downtown Austin. There is also no guarantee you will be able to get a Cybercab when you request a ride through the Robotaxi app. Per the San Antonio Express, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has registered 420 robotaxis in Texas of which 375 are modified Model Ys and 45 are CyberCabs. How much will a Cybercab ride cost? We don’t know yet but the answer seems to be, it will vary. “We also use dynamic pricing to balance supply and demand. As we add more and more CyberCabs to our network, our average wait times are going to get lower and lower and lower, largely due to dynamic pricing. And our pricing is going to be very competitive,” said Silvio Brugada, head vehicle software for CyberCab. If you’re in Austin and interested in going for an autonomous ride in a Cybercab, you may want to act quickly, as The Wall Street Journal just reported that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a probe into the Cybercab to
Sep 4, 2026 · via motortrend.com
Live-Learning Lab rendering provided by CARTA A $25 million federal grant awarded to Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) will help bring a new generation of transportation technology to downtown Chattanooga. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will play a central role in research, education and workforce development. CARTA announced at a press conference that it received the funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program. The award will support the replacement of its downtown electric shuttles with autonomous vehicles, along with the infrastructure needed to operate them. The project will also create an autonomous vehicle command center and the Live-Learning Lab at CARTA’s Shuttle Park South, where UTC students and faculty will be able to study the technology as it operates on Chattanooga streets. The project will add to years of research by UTC’s Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP). “This project gives us an opportunity to really build on that foundation and have our faculty and students conduct research, develop new intellectual property, move that IP toward commercialization,” Chancellor Lori Bruce said at the press conference. Bruce shared that the lab will allow students and faculty to “conduct their research, do R&D, take courses, and have real-time hands-on activities.” Dr. Mina Sartipi, UTC interim vice chancellor for research and founding director of CUIP, said the project will help researchers take their work into an operating autonomous transit system. “Rather than studying individual technologies in isolation, we will be able to work alongside an operational autonomous transit system and explore how vehicles, roadway infrastructure, traffic signals, communications systems and transportation operations can work together as one connected ecosystem,” Sartipi said. A major part of that work will focus on connectivity. Autonomous vehicles use cameras and sensors to understand their surroundings,
Sep 4, 2026 · via blog.utc.edu
Tesla has unveiled its new Cybercab, a fully autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, at a private event in Austin on Thursday (September 3). This marks a significant step for the electric vehicle manufacturer as it expands its robotaxi fleet. The Cybercab is currently operating in limited areas of Austin, with plans for broader deployment in the future. The Cybercab, a two-seat electric vehicle, relies entirely on Tesla's Full Self-Driving software. It represents a bold move by Tesla to push the boundaries of autonomous vehicle technology. Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, emphasized the vehicle's futuristic design and functionality, stating, "No steering wheel, no pedals," in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The launch event was invitation-only, showcasing the vehicle to select guests and fans. Tesla's stock rose more than 5% before the event, reflecting investor optimism about the Cybercab's potential impact on the company's autonomous vehicle ride service, which currently operates in parts of Texas and Florida. However, the rollout faces challenges, as Tesla must demonstrate that its camera-only system can safely navigate streets and avoid pedestrians, unlike competitors like Waymo and Zoox, which use additional technologies such as lidar and radar. Despite the technological advancements, public acceptance remains a hurdle. A Pew Research Center survey found that 70% of U.S. adults are uncomfortable with the idea of riding in a driverless car. Tesla is betting on its technology and the appeal of its brand to overcome these concerns. The Cybercab's launch comes as Tesla aims to expand its unsupervised robotaxi fleet, which has grown significantly in recent months. According to a Yahoo Finance report, Tesla has registered around 40 additional Cybercabs for commercial operation in Texas. The company plans to introduce the service in other cities, including Houston and Dallas, as it seeks to compete with
Sep 4, 2026 · via kfiam640.iheart.com
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Sep 4, 2026 · via dallasnews.com
Tesla’s private Cybercab event has come and gone, and it was very different from the large, loud, livestreamed events the company usually puts on — an odd choice for the launch of a product CEO Elon Musk has spent years building toward. In fact, it doesn’t even appear that Musk spoke at the event, the keynote of which, by all accounts, only lasted around 15 minutes. The promise of the Cybercab is massive: a fully autonomous vehicle that uses only cameras and AI to drive itself, all for much less than a Waymo. But Tesla scattered a lot of the details. Some are in PDFs the company released on Thursday, as well as in updated terms of service in its “Robotaxi” app. The rest were left for a select few die-hard fans to disseminate online. The company now has to prove that these vehicles are safe — to the public, to local governments, and to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has already opened an investigation into Tesla’s Cybercab rollout. In the meantime, here are some of the most interesting new details that caught our attention: No Cybercab for kiddos One of the more interesting details in the Cybercab fine print is that Tesla does not allow minors under the age of 13 to ride in the vehicle “at this time.” Minors between the ages of 8 and 17 are allowed to ride in Tesla’s “Robotaxi” Model Y SUVs, and Tesla does have guidelines on how to use child seats in both vehicles. Curiously, the Cybercab does not have the standard LATCH anchors for child seats. Instead, they can only be attached using the seat belt. Tesla executives, including Musk, have talked a lot about how much they focus on taking out unnecessary parts to cut down on costs,
Sep 4, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
Uber has launched supervised autonomous rides in London, marking the first time passengers in the UK can request an autonomous trip through a major ride-hailing platform. The new service is powered by British autonomous driving company Wayve and uses all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles equipped with the company’s Wayve AI Driver technology. The initial rollout is limited to a small fleet, with expansion planned as demand, technology readiness and regulations develop. For now, the vehicles still have a trained, TfL-licensed private hire driver behind the wheel to monitor the autonomous system and take control when necessary. How Uber’s autonomous rides work London passengers requesting an UberX, Uber Electric or Uber Comfort ride may be matched with a Wayve-powered autonomous Mustang Mach-E at no additional cost. The vehicle is not guaranteed to be autonomous, however, and riders can choose to switch to a conventional ride before the vehicle arrives. Uber customers who want to increase their chances of getting an autonomous vehicle can opt in through the Trip Preferences section of the Uber app. More than 140,000 London users had already opted in ahead of the launch. Once a Wayve-equipped Mustang Mach-E arrives, passengers can use the Uber app to unlock the doors and start their journey. The autonomous vehicles can operate throughout London, with airports excluded from the initial service area. An interactive screen inside the Mustang Mach-E provides information about the journey, including the vehicle’s planned route. The system supports 64 languages, giving passengers additional information about what the vehicle is doing during the trip. Ford Mustang Mach-E becomes London’s autonomous taxi The electric Ford Mustang Mach-E serves as the platform for Wayve’s first public autonomous ride service in the UK. Wayve has fitted the vehicles with its autonomous driving hardware and software, including a surround-sensor system and radar.
Sep 4, 2026 · via electriccarsreport.com
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Sep 4, 2026 · via youtube.com
Tesla added its two-door, steering-wheel-free Cybercab to its robotaxi network on Thursday, offering its first rides to the public in Austin as the company races to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service. At an invite-only event in downtown Austin, Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's VP of AI, announced that the Cybercab was officially added to the company's public robotaxi fleet, which, up until now, consisted only of Tesla Model Ys. "You can go outside, take rides," he said, closing out the Thursday keynote. "Anyone can take rides. It's open to the entire public." Tesla didn't provide details on the initial size of the public Cybercab fleet. Records from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles show that Tesla has registered 45 Cybercabs as of Thursday. The Cybercab is Tesla's purpose-built robotaxi that can fit two passengers. Like Amazon's Zoox, the Cybercab is not built with a steering wheel or pedal. Videos posted online by Tesla influencers and content creators who were invited to the Austin event showed that the Cybercab can be hailed through the Robotaxi app. In a video posted by David Moss, an autonomous-vehicle content creator, Robotaxi users could open the car's butterfly doors through the app. After the riders enter the car, the doors closed automatically, Moss said in the video. The launch comes nearly two years after Tesla first unveiled the Cybercab at its "We, Robot" event in Burbank, California. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has pitched the vehicle as the company's answer to a low-cost robotaxi that can be produced at scale. Musk has said that the car will cost under $30,000. Part of Tesla's goal is to allow consumers to buy a Cybercab while also integrating it into the Robotaxi fleet. Ahead of the event on Thursday, Tesla put up an online interest form where people can indicate their
Sep 4, 2026 · via businessinsider.com
Tech company Hexagon launches autonomous vehicle intervention system at global scale Nasdaq-listed measurement technology company Hexagon has announced the global launch of its next-generation Vehicle Intervention System (VIS), which it claims is an advanced safety solution designed to help surface mining operations prevent collisions before they occur. The new system represents the latest evolution of Hexagon’s proven VIS platform, extending autonomous intervention capabilities and expanding protection across critical mining scenarios. As an Earthmoving Equipment Safety Round Table Level 9 vehicle intervention system, VIS can automatically take control of a machine in defined high-risk situations when safety thresholds are breached, helping to prevent incidents, protect personnel, and support operational continuity. The launch follows the system's successful completion of the University of Pretoria's independent Technology Readiness Level 4 validation programme, making it the first openpit Level 9 solution to achieve this milestone. Built on Hexagon's Collision Avoidance System and integrated safety portfolio, VIS provides a final layer of protection when advisory controls alone are insufficient. The system can automatically inhibit propulsion, apply retardation or braking, enforce safe following distances, manage overspeed conditions, including on ramps, and bring a vehicle to a safe state if a critical system fault is detected. Its key capabilities include collision prevention, which comprises autonomously intervening to help prevent vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-person, and vehicle-to-obstacle collisions; rule enforcement; safer operation support by enforcing speed limits and following-distance requirements; and fail-safe protection through continuous monitoring of system health and placing vehicles in a safe state if a critical fault is detected. Notably, the system supports a broad range of vehicle types and manufacturers without original equipment manufacturer lock-in. “Surface mining operators continue to face complex safety challenges in dynamic environments where visibility, fatigue, environmental conditions, and human factors can contribute to risk. “When milliseconds matter, mines need technology that can act
Sep 4, 2026 · via miningweekly.com
Gasgoo Munich- On September 2, AISTALAND CEO Liu Jiaming shared technical views on L3 autonomous driving architecture on social media. He revealed that the brand's new mid-to-large smart SUV, the GX7, will feature an L3 architecture from launch. Pre-sales for the vehicle officially open on September 4. Liu stated that the next generation of smart electric vehicles is not merely a simple addition of a car body and intelligent technology, but requires deep integration from the product definition stage. The L3 autonomous driving architecture represents the clearest generational boundary on this path. Given the differing underlying logic, L3 demands far higher system reliability than L2. The AISTALAND GT7 and GX7 have established a full-link redundancy architecture across eight core systems: power supply, computing power, perception, positioning, communication, steering, braking, and interaction. While one system operates, a second monitors in real time; if a single component malfunctions, the system can still execute a safe pull-over. Liu noted that this redundancy isn't meaningful only when high-level functions are unlocked; during daily commutes, it works silently to provide longer perception range and more composed braking. Addressing the national standards timeline scheduled for implementation in July 2027, he set a clear goal: ensuring this architecture remains relevant for five years. As a strategic model deeply co-developed by GAC Group and Huawei Qiankun, the AISTALAND GX7 is positioned as a "spacious five-seat smart versatile SUV." Its body dimensions measure 5,099 mm × 2,006 mm × 1,750 mm, with a wheelbase of 3,070 mm. The new model comes standard across the lineup with the Huawei Qiankun ADS 5 intelligent driving system. It is equipped with one 896-line dual-optical-path, image-grade LiDAR and three blind-spot LiDARs, totaling 38 smart sensors throughout the vehicle. Image Source: AISTALAND In terms of the cockpit, the GX7 is the first model to
Sep 4, 2026 · via autonews.gasgoo.com
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Sep 4, 2026 · via laserfocusworld.com
Tesla launches self-driving 'Cybercab' in Texas Electric-vehicle maker Tesla announced the debut of its self-driving robotaxi, dubbed "Cybercab," on Thursday in a bid to compete with the likes of Uber and Waymo. First unveiled in October 2024, the gold-colored vehicle has no pedals or steering wheel. With a capacity to carry two passengers, it was specifically designed to provide driverless taxi services. CEO Elon Musk on Thursday posted an image on X of a Cybercab looming over the Texas capital city Austin, where Tesla is headquartered, a cloud of dust behind it. Cybercabs have been seen in the streets of Austin leading up to the event, with passengers now seeing the option to choose the new vehicle in Tesla's updated dedicated app. This is "humanity changing," Graham Sprigg, a tourist from Australia, told AFP. "It'll change transportation from owning your own car to actually just getting transportation as a service, which is fantastic for disabled people and old people like I'm becoming," Sprigg added. Musk forecast a "storm of Cybercabs" in Austin, where Tesla held an invite-only event at an entertainment venue, and which was not open to the media. According to the Austin American-Statesman news outlet, event attendees were the first to get rides in driverless Cybercabs, which will become available to the public starting Friday. Posts on social media showed fans arriving for the event, some dressed in gold to match the vehicle. Tesla's posts touted what it called the vehicle's safety and ease of use for disabled people, and said the Cybercab was "democratizing clean transportation for all." Last year Tesla debuted its self-driving cars in Austin using its Model Y SUV vehicles, with the "Robotaxi" service gradually expanding to several other cities in Texas, Florida and California. However, state laws require many of the vehicles to
Sep 4, 2026 · via afp.com
Pedestrian killed by a semi-truck in North Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A pedestrian has died in North Las Vegas on Thursday morning.
North Las Vegas Police Department officers were dispatched at around 9:33 a.m. to Lone Mountain and Lamb Boulevard and found a 32-year-old man struck and killed by a semi-truck.
According to police, the semi-truck was turning northbound onto Lamb when the pedestrian was crossing Lamb on the north side of Lone Mountain.
The driver of the truck did not see the man and struck him.
The driver remained on scene, and impairment was not suspected.
This crash is currently under investigation.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111.
Nevada Department of Transportation says all lanes on Lamb and Lone Mountain are still blocked.
Drivers are advised to use other routes.
Sep 4, 2026 · via news3lv.com
Tesla Cybercabs launch in Austin AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla has deployed its new gold-colored Cybercabs in Austin, now picking up passengers through the company's Robotaxi app. Tesla's Model Y robotaxis are already driving passengers around the city, but the Cybercabs are Elon Musk's latest debut of upgraded autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. Unlike the Model Y robotaxis, Cybercabs have no steering wheel or pedals. There is also no back seat or back windshield; the vehicles seat just two passengers. How safe are Tesla's Cybercabs? Dr. Kara Kockelman, a transportation engineering professor at UT Austin, says there is not much of a safety difference between Tesla's robotaxis and Cybercabs. "They're both amazing vehicles, incredible safety design, have sustained very well during extreme crashes that we've seen," she said. When asked if she'll be looking to catch a ride in a Cybercab, Kockelman responded with a resolute "absolutely." However, she says passengers might still opt to ride in a Waymo if they are looking for the most comprehensive safety features. "Waymo would be the safest because of the redundant sensors and software it has on board," she said. "It has the light detection, and it has more cameras than the Teslas do. So it's a more expensive vehicle and maybe a more complex vehicle, but it's able to make better decisions under all sorts of lighting conditions and weather conditions." She says the lack of a steering wheel and pedals means that passengers must rely on safety systems built into the Cybercab software in cases of emergency. "Safety regulation doesn't really change much, except that the EMS systems still need to be able to get these vehicles out of the way if they malfunction, especially in the event of trying to access emergencies or help people flee certain sites," she said. Autonomous vehicles,
Sep 4, 2026 · via cbsaustin.com
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- With San Francisco Fleet Week expected to draw more than a million visitors next month, city leaders held a hearing Thursday to review plans aimed at preventing the traffic, transit and crowd-management problems that have plagued other major events in recent months. The annual celebration, which includes the Blue Angels air show, returns after last year's event was canceled because of the federal government shutdown. Fleet Week has long been one of the city's largest events, attracting visitors from across the Bay Area and beyond to watch performances along the waterfront. Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, whose district includes the Marina, said the hearing was prompted in part by lessons learned from the Fourth of July fireworks display near the Golden Gate Bridge and the Red Bull Formula 1 exhibition earlier this year. VIDEO: Thrill for fans, headache for neighbors: SF Marina reacts to F1 street showcase "Over the past year, we've had a few large events that have had some really significant problems," Sherrill said. Sherrill pointed to what he described as major underestimates of attendance at previous events, leading to transportation bottlenecks and overcrowding. "The biggest problem was an underestimation of crowd sizes, nearly 50% off how many people the city thought were coming," he said. "My goal today was to make sure that the planning for Fleet Week was taking this into account." During the hearing, supervisors questioned representatives from the Department of Emergency Management, SFMTA, San Francisco Fire Department and San Francisco Police Department about preparations for crowd control, street closures, emergency vehicle access and public transit service. SFMTA Director Julie Kirschbaum said the agency will activate its department operations center and closely monitor conditions throughout the event. MORE: July 4 Waymo gridlock in SF after dozens choke streets, some lose power, 1 ran
Sep 4, 2026 · via abc7news.com