STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Although we still have some time before we see driverless cars in every city, testing has already begun on New York City streets.<\/p>\n
As shared in a post on X by Waymo<\/a>, a driverless rideshare service, the company has begun testing in the city.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re on the move in the Big Apple! We\u2019ve begun testing in New York \u2014 be sure to give us a wave and snap a pic if you see us in the city,\u201d the post stated.<\/p>\n Waymo, which is owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has begun mapping out city streets with drivers remaining behind the wheel due to state restrictions, according to a report by the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the city Department of Transportation reportedly told the Post that Waymo submitted its DOT application in June.<\/p>\n Until there is a change in the law, however, Waymo is unable to deploy its fully driverless fleet. <\/p>\n A couple of state bills introduced in January are currently \u201cstuck in committee,\u201d the Post reported.<\/p>\n One such bill introduced in the state Senate<\/a> proposes the legalization of a fully autonomous vehicle to drive on New York roads without a human driver provided that \u201cthe automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n Until the law changes, testing is underway to map out the terrain of Brooklyn and Manhattan in an effort to improve Waymo\u2019s artificial intelligence, the report said.<\/p>\n A company rep also clarified to the Post that the service won\u2019t be providing rides to the general public during this testing phase.<\/p>\n \u201cThe data to date shows that Waymo outperforms human drivers, significantly reducing the frequency of injury-causing traffic collisions,\u201d the Waymo rep said in the report.<\/p>\n Waymo already has driverless vehicles navigating a handful of other U.S. cities.<\/p>\n Through March 2025, Waymo vehicles have driven 71 million rider-only miles (no driver onboard). In tracking data, Waymo claims its vehicles are safer than human operators<\/a>.<\/p>\n In comparing its vehicles to the \u201caverage human driver\u2019 over the same distance in the operating cities, Waymo shared that it had 78% fewer injury-causing collisions and 93% fewer pedestrian collisions with injuries.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Although we still have some time before we see driverless cars in every city,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,23038,359,20340,43853,2332,43854,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,43855,7675,16469,358,4009,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,17228],"class_list":{"0":"post-60669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app","10":"tag-austin","11":"tag-autonomous","12":"tag-av","13":"tag-car","14":"tag-how-to","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-request","22":"tag-rideshare","23":"tag-self-driving","24":"tag-texas","25":"tag-uber","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-united-states-of-america","28":"tag-unitedstates","29":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-usa","32":"tag-waymo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114842602321350275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60669","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=60669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}