🚕➡️🤖 Waymo–Lyft Launch in Nashville as Driver Displacement Passes 80,000
~80,000 Lyft drivers displaced since 2023 across Austin, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Tampa. Waymo and Lyft reabsorbed 0.3% into depot and maintenance roles. The replacement ratio sits below 1:400. More robotaxis, fewer jobs, same gridlock. Is autonomous mobility progress if the human cost is invisible?
On September 9,
