[AutonomousVehicles] Have You Had Your Autonomous Vehicle Experience?

[pmdonahue2 at gmail.com]

Hello Corn,

 

                Glad to meet you. Waymo is still mapping San Antonio and plans to launch after the first of the year. We can’t wait for their service to go live. They already operate in Austin with Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio on the horizon. Unlike Boston conventional and autonomous rideshare has been embraced in Texas. Conventional rideshare services like Lyft and Uber can operate anywhere in the state. Perhaps in time after Waymo and others build up a successful track record the same protections could be extended to autonomous rideshare services.

 

When Lyft and Uber began operations they received pushback from various communities until the Texas State Legislature stepped in to protect their ability to operate state-wide. It would be great if such legislation passed at the federal level to insure that conventional and autonomous rideshare services could operate nation-wide. Take care and have a happy Thanksgiving.

 

Peter Donahue

 

  

 

From: AutonomousVehicles <autonomousvehicles-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Cornelius Butler via AutonomousVehicles
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Subject: Re: [AutonomousVehicles] Have You Had Your Autonomous Vehicle Experience?

 

Hi Peter,

How are you? I have not had the pleasure yet to riding in an autonomous vehicle yet because I live in a rural area in Southwest Georgia.  However, I do plan on trying Waymo for the first time when I go to visit family in Atlanta in the new year and will definitely post about my experience. I'm so looking forward to the experience.

 

Corn

 

 

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM Peter Donahue via AutonomousVehicles <autonomousvehicles at nfbnet.org <mailto:autonomousvehicles at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Good Morning Cornelius and everyone,

 

                Cornelius have you ridden in an autonomous vehicle yet? We’d like to hear about your experience and the experiences of others that have used autonomous rideshare, (ARS.) Plans continue to move forward to launch Waymo in San Antonio most likely sometime next year. My special t-shirt awaits being worn, the music from Test Track is queued up and we’re ready for launch. Looks like Mary and I won’t have to go to Disney World to ride the Test Track Attraction at EPCOT Center. The Test Track is coming to the Alamo City. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and we’ll see you on the test track.

 

Peter Donahue

 

 

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