Waymo's driverless fleet has collected more than 8,300 parking tickets in San Francisco since the start of 2025, generating close to $1 million in fines as the company scaled its operations across the city, according to San Francisco parking records. The citation total tracks directly with the fleet's rapid expansion.waymo s sf robotaxis rack up 8 300 parking ticketsThe figures come from San Francisco parking records obtained by the Gazetteer, covering January 2025 through mid-July 2026. Over that span, Waymo's vehicles picked up 8,309 tickets worth $957,008 in fines. The company took 4,178 of those in 2025, then another 4,131 in the first six and a half months of 2026 alone. Per the same records, that works out to more than 100 citations a week.The trajectory is steep. Per those records, in all of 2024 Waymo drew just 589 tickets at a cost of $65,065. The company is now paying roughly that much every month.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe most common violation was parking in stands, spots reserved for buses and specific vehicles, with 2,038 tickets. The remaining citations covered parking in prohibited zones, obstructing traffic, double parking, and blocking bike lanes. A handful of addresses accounted for an outsized share of the total. A spot at 85 North Point Street near Fisherman's Wharf drew 577 citations by itself. Another at 150 Beach Street logged 369, and a stretch of Drumm Street in the Financial District collected 288. The clustering points to specific pickup and drop-off locations where the Waymo Driver repeatedly makes the same stop in high-traffic areas with little legal curb space.waymo s sf robotaxis rack up 8 300 parking ticketsThe ticket count reflects Waymo's scale in the region. The company now operates more than 1,200 vehicles across the Bay Area and reportedly won California approval to expand its robotaxi service across 18 counties. In January, it began carrying passengers to and from SFO, one of the busiest curbside environments in the state.Waymo says it pays the fines "like any other driver" and works with the SFMTA's Fleet Program on the issue. "The Waymo Driver continues to learn from every mile traveled, and we are continuously working to improve our performance," the company said.Become an AutoGuide insider. Get the latest from the automotive world first by subscribing to our newsletterhere.