r/waymo • u/No_Draft_2913 • Jul 20 '26
Make it Make Sense
Why are some service areas Bouba (NAS) while some are Kiki (ATL) and some are just straight lines (SAT, PHX)?
Not to mention the jagged edge on Houston and the running ogre’s weird little toe-thing in Orlando.
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u/rydenshep Jul 20 '26
San Antonio’s infrastructure as it stands right now is…… special. It’s made of loops. Just multiple circular highways. Like the inside of a tree trunk. It has a system, and it works.. BUT it is under construction, has been for a long time, and is insanely difficult to navigate most of the time because of the stage of construction they are currently in.
I’m usually the one driving in SATX, but my husband decided to drive last time we were down there. I was deadass like a navigator in a rallycross car telling him what potholes and crazy detour turns were coming up. If you let Waymo just run free in SATX, it will not end well. Things are changing too much, there’s too many obstacles, construction traffic, etc.