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California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]

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Re: California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]

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Post by SeanAnderson »

Hell yeah. This is the best news I've read today. Waymo has completely replaced all usages of Uber for me whenever possible. Expanding the range makes me thrilled. Hopefully they're able to put more vehicles on the road, too, because wait times have been going up.

The app isn't updated yet, though. I wonder how long it'll take?

Re: California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]

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Post by milesskorpen »

afhjafh3883 wrote: post #7

Has anyone tried it recently? Does it work well? How does the price compare to Uber?

My impression, using it ~1x/week in SF: Slightly more expensive than uber (+10%?). Takes a bit longer to show up (+25%?). Utterly magical experience.

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Post by Kronopath »

afhjafh3883 wrote: post #7

Has anyone tried it recently? Does it work well? How does the price compare to Uber?

In SF, up-front prices have been comparable to Uber’s, except that you don’t have to pay tip, which automatically makes it 15–20% cheaper.

The few times I’ve tried it, the service has been good and its driving was safe. The only downside is that there seems to sometimes be longer wait times.

Re: California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]

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Post by gkoberger »

clay_the_ripper wrote: post #9

As a resident, I don’t support this at all. Waymos are annoying to have on the road - they go extremely slowly (with good reason) and make weird traffic moves. Do we want our roads getting clogged up with super slow taxis that steal jobs from ordinary people and give them to the tech industry?

They’re much safer, and tech has already stolen from drivers (via 50% cuts). Yes, we do want safer transportation. Evolving as a society is important.

Re: California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]

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Post by dekhn »

Kronopath wrote: post #6
ra7 wrote: post #2

New Waymo operating area: https://twitter.com/saferroadsorg/status/1763687210447196417

Does this mean they can go on the highways? If so that’s a significant upgrade to the Waymo service in the SF Bay Area, as it can now take you between towns.

I've already seen self-driving waymos on freeways (as they are called here) within SF.

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Post by ra7 »

Kronopath wrote: post #6
ra7 wrote: post #2

New Waymo operating area: https://twitter.com/saferroadsorg/status/1763687210447196417

Does this mean they can go on the highways? If so that’s a significant upgrade to the Waymo service in the SF Bay Area, as it can now take you between towns.

They’ve always had approval to go up to 65 mph, but it was Waymo’s decision not to go on the highways. They’re starting to do it [1] and do a lot of freeway testing, so it might happen sooner.

[1] https://waymo.com/blog/2024/01/from-surface-streets-to-freew...

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