Comment Re: Search for a traffic jam (Score 2) 59
Imagine Waymo vehicles and a row of 10 1hr streetside parking spaces. If a space becomes available, a Waymo takes it for 55 minutes. At the 55th minute, a Waymo arrives and waits while the parked Waymo vacates the space, it then takes the space for 55 minutes. Now imagine that ever time a non-Waymo car vacates a spot, a Waymo car appears to take it. Once all ten spaces are filled with Waymo cars, every 55 minutes, the lead Waymo leaves, the remaining 9 pull forward one space, and an 11th Waymo takes the 10th space.
It would be better if parking garage owners give Waymoa reduced rate for N spaces. Reduced because they won't be doing burnouts, throwing trash on the ground, pissing in the stairwells, or vandalizing other vehicles.
On the other hand, at least until there are cameras monitoring every parking space, Waymo could simply track every police car and parking enforcement vehicle and overstay until one arrives.