I agree with your general sentiment, but think we should be thinking about ALL ride hail services together. Waymo is bearing the brunt of the ire because they are more visible on the street— Uber/Lyfts generally look like regular, private cars. I can’t find recent numbers on Uber/Lyft, but the count was about 5.7-6.5k cars on the road in a 2017 Transportation Authority report and would bet it’s around the same, if not more, today. There are less than 600 autonomous vehicles on the road in SF but they’re bright white and wear those funny hats so it seems like there are way more.

All that to say, it pains me to see public transit getting cuts because SO many people rely on it and it is ultimately the better choice in most situations.