Waymo, Via Offer Autonomous Public Transit Rides in Arizona

Waymo Partners With Via to Add Robotaxis to Phoenix Suburb’s Public Transit

Residents of Chandler, Arizona, will soon be able to skip waiting at bus stops for public transit and instead hop into driverless taxis. Autonomous driving technology company Waymo announced on Sept. 18 that it had formed a partnership with public transportation technology company Via to introduce Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing services to Chandler’s Flex microtransit service. The suburb southeast of Phoenix is the first city to assimilate Waym…

Alphabet’s Waymo enters partnership with Via to offer robotaxis starting in this state

Alphabet’s Waymo will offer its autonomous rides on Via Transportation’s public transit platform, starting with Chandler city in Arizona, the companies said on Thursday. The service will be introduced this fall in the city’s on-demand small-scale public transportation service, Chandler Flex, which is powered by Via’s software. The transit technology maker’s suite of software and technology-enabled services powers public transportation systems in…

Waymo, Via Offer Autonomous Public Transit Rides in Arizona

Public partnerships is an important new area of expansion for self-driving companies as they work to add the services in new cities.

Waymo, Via to Offer Autonomous Public Transit Rides in Arizona

Via Transportation Inc., the public transit software maker that went public last Friday, will partner with Waymo to launch autonomous shared rides in Arizona this fall.

From Cars to Buses: Waymo and Via to Launch Driverless Rides on Public Transit

Daniel Ramot, Via’s co-founder and CEO, stated that they are happy about the partnership with Waymo, which paves the path for AVs (autonomous vehicles) to become accessible to millions of global public transit riders, enhancing mobility, lowering operating costs, and improving safety outcomes. The future of public transportation is taking shape in Chandler, Arizona, where Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo will soon offer driverless rid…

Arizona city first to integrate Waymo AVs into transit - Cities Today

Chandler, a city of 280,000 people on the edge of Phoenix, will become the first municipality to integrate Waymo’s autonomous vehicles directly into its public transit system this Autumn. The deployment will add driverless cars to Chandler Flex, the city’s demand-responsive microtransit service. The initiative is seen as an important test of how AVs can be integrated into everyday public transport in mid-sized cities, moving beyond small pilots …