[AutonomousVehicles] Waymo Coming to San Antonio!!!

[Kristina Sohl]

If you try it  let us know how you like it.  We gook one a couple years
ago.  It was interesting.

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM Peter Donahue via AutonomousVehicles <
autonomousvehicles at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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> Good evening everyone!!!
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>                 It came over our 5 pm news this evening. Waymo will launch
> in San Antonio sometime next year. This is as much as we know. They didn’t
> say if Waymo will fly solo or partner with Lyft and Uber as they’re doing
> in other cities. Given what I’ve heard I hope that we’ll be able to access
> Waymo via its own app instead of via Lyft and Uber. I’ve heard that the
> Lyft and Uber Apps lack features of the Waymo App that make using their
> service much easier for blind passengers. Perhaps we’ll get more details
> closer to the actual launch.
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>                 Sarah Forgani one of our KENS 5 news reporters explained
> Waymo’s procedure for rolling its service out in new locations. They’ll
> first send in a fleet of vehicles manned by Waymo Employees to “Map” the
> city so the Waymo Driver knows how to navigate our streets and highways.
> Once they’re certain that the Waymo Driver can safely drive vehicles
> through our city the service will go live for the public. When Waymo goes
> live Mary and I want to be among the first passengers they transport. I
> even had a special t-shirt made for the occasion and will wear it on the
> day we take our first autonomous ride in a Waymo Vehicle with other ARS
> services to follow. It will be a dream come true one I had since I was a
> child. What happened to me during my first 3 years in Texas spurs on my
> willingness to advocate for improved public transportation including the
> use of autonomous rideshare services. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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> Peter Donahue
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