[AutonomousVehicles] Waymo App Installed, Preparing for Blastoff!

[David Andrews]

Concord is near San Francisco, near the East Bay.

Dave

At 09:48 AM 1/3/2026, you wrote:
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>Good morning Chela and everyone,
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>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Where in 
>California is Concord? If it’s near San Diego 
>Waymo will launch in that part of California 
>later this year. They already operate in the Los 
>Angeles and San Francisco Bay Areas. Happy new year everyone.
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>Peter Donahue
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>From: AutonomousVehicles 
><autonomousvehicles-bounces at nfbnet.org> On 
>Behalf Of Chela Robles via AutonomousVehicles
>Sent: Friday, January 2, 2026 10:07 PM
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>Cc: Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [AutonomousVehicles] Waymo App Installed, Preparing for Blastoff!
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>Oh, how long for the day when it’s 
>available in Concord California wishful thinking 
>but it could come true someday I signed up and 
>I’m further out apparently oh well but it’s 
>exciting to hear all about this. Please let us 
>know how your ride goes once it’s available in 
>your area, would love to hear of your adventures in this type of car.
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>Sincerely,
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>Chela Robles — Certified Literary Braille Transcriber
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>Sent from my iPhone
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>On Jan 2, 2026, at 5:41 PM, Peter Donahue via 
>AutonomousVehicles 
><<mailto:autonomousvehicles at nfbnet.org>autonomousvehicles at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>Good evening everyone,
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>                 Tonight our computer technician 
> helped us install the Waymo App on our Android 
> Smartphones. So far as we can tell the Android 
> App seems to be very blind-friendly and easy to 
> use. Although Waymo hasn’t begun operating in 
> San Antonio we were notified that they’re on 
> the way and will begin service in the Alamo 
> City later this year. We’re very excited 
> about having another transportation option in 
> San Antonio. We’ll keep everyone posted as we 
> learn specific details about their launch. 
> Waymo’s welcome message appears below. Happy new year everyone.
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>Peter Donahue
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