i had a bunch of good rides and then one highly baffling route where it got off the road it was on to a parallel road, only to get back in the same road a few blocks later. this is literally within a few hundred feet of Waymo HQ so i don’t understand how this could go unnoticed.

i haven’t used it since.

the 25 minute pickup times don’t help.

edit: i just checked the route. 27 minutes for pickup and it diverts 20 minutes out of the way. wtf?

I think having highways turned off has really hurt pickup times and availability in South Bay right now. It pays to always book as far ahead in advance as you can.

There are places with construction where Waymo just seems to turn off the road and makes the car go around. But then taking away freeway access has made it more likely for vehicles to have to navigate these.

Are you talking about El Camino Real? There are two areas of construction happening: One at Page Mill and one in the San Antonio area. Most of the lane-blocks are happening only between rush hours, so it's easy to miss, but I'm guessing that it's someone at Waymo has put full-time blocks in those areas.