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If your definition of "limited" is the near-entirety of SF, most of central Phoenix metro, and the bits of LA between Santa Monica and downtown, I suppose you c
by AlotOfReading 2y ago
If your definition of "limited" is the near-entirety of SF, most of central Phoenix metro, and the bits of LA between Santa Monica and downtown, I suppose you can label Waymo that.
Personally, I don't consider it remotely similar to a trolley. Aside from the obvious, there's not many differences between a Waymo and a good Uber within the service areas. You call a taxi and it shows up to drive you, unprotected lefts and all.
- thefourthchime 2y agoI looked at waymo.com and the only city anyone can take a ride is Pheonix, I didn't realize it's still not generally available in SF or LA (or Austin). Though I know it can do all these things now, why they don't open it to the public?
- thefourthchime 2y agoGood to hear, I didn't realize they covered that much area now. I'm in Austin and hoping they will get service to my house.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoThey actually cover quite a bit more than that, those are just the public areas today. They have employee operations going down the peninsula, for example.
- thechao 2y agoWaymo is in Austin. Rainey street gets clogged with them on the weekend. I've seen them navigate Mopac without any trouble, too.
- thefourthchime 2y agoApp says it’s still coming soon, I guess I need an invite code.
- RhysU 2y agoLike, they know to skirt traffic on Mopac via the clever use of service roads? And hopping off Mopac at 24th to slide along Pease Park?
- thefourthchime 2y agoWhat is this clever use of service roads?
- RhysU 2y agoA Texas highway like Mopac often has 2 additional travel lanes if one is willing to get off/on the highway repeatedly and to make questionable usage of merging lanes. For years, this was the way to travel Mopac in stop-and-go traffic. Dunno these days.
- thefourthchime 2y agoOh you mean frontage roads.
- danaris 2y agoTalk to me when they can reliably cover upstate NY in winter and construction season.