{"id":374315,"date":"2025-11-12T20:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374315\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:25:14","slug":"waymo-news-self-driving-car-rides-to-hit-san-francisco-bay-area-phoenix-and-los-angeles-freeways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374315\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo news: Self-driving car rides to hit San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix and Los Angeles freeways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; Waymo announced Wednesday that its self-driving vehicles have received the green light to offer rides on San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix and Los Angeles freeways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A select group of riders will have freeway access, before the option expands, Waymo said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Freeway capabilities will eventually be expanded to Austin, Atlanta and more, the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Some northern California riders can also now book rides from San Francisco to San Jose, including curbside service at San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The expansion creates a 260-square-mile network across the Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">RELATED:<\/strong> <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/waymo-news-driving-car-pulled-san-bruno-california-making-illegal-turn-front-police\/17918562\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waymo driverless car pulled over in northern California for making illegal U-turn<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In September, Waymo also won approval to roll out service at the San Francisco Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This experience, reinforced by comprehensive testing as well as extensive operational preparation, supports the delivery of a safe and reliable service. We&#8217;ve also closely collaborated with safety officials, to seamlessly support this new phase of service,&#8221; Waymo said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Riders must sign up to get access to freeway rides through the Waymo app.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; Waymo announced Wednesday that its self-driving vehicles have received the green light to offer rides&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":374316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[180252,5229,5643,1587,1589,180248,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,180247,180243,180251,180244,180245,180249,180250,180246],"class_list":{"0":"post-374315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-180252","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-phoenix","13":"tag-san-francisco-waymo","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa","20":"tag-waymo-car","21":"tag-waymo-freeway","22":"tag-waymo-los-angeles","23":"tag-waymo-news","24":"tag-waymo-phoenix","25":"tag-waymo-ride","26":"tag-waymo-self-driving","27":"tag-waymo-sfo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115538606548024828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}