Robotaxi network Waymo is continuing to expand the reach and capabilities of its driverless vehicles to public riders in new cities. Today, the Alphabet, Inc. subsidiary announced freeway trips in three major US cities, as well as an expansion of its service availability in a familiar region.
2025 continues to be a pivotal year for autonomous rideshare developer Waymo, as it expands its fleet of test vehicles and public robotaxis to new cities around the US. That includes the commencement of customer rides in Austin, Texas, plus expansion plans in cities such like Dallas and Nashville, with other regions like Miami and Washington DC in the works.
Less than a month ago, Waymo shared plans to expand robotaxi operations across the pond, beginning in London in 2026. Today, Waymo offers public robotaxi rides in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco – the last of which is closest to company headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Today however, Waymo announced an expansion of its service map in The Bay Area, which now includes San Jose. Furthermore, Waymo has added freeway driving capabilitites in the region as well as in two other cities.
Waymo adds freeway robotaxi driving in three cities
According to a release from Waymo today, it has begun offering freeway access to public riders in the Phoenix, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Public access to freeway-capable robotaxi rides was enabled by millions of miles logged on freeways with Waymo present in those three cities.
Beyond that, Waymo said it plans to expand freeway access to robotaxi riders in additional cities in the future, including Austin, Atlanta, “and beyond.” Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov spoke:
Achieving fully autonomous freeway operations is a profound engineering feat—easy to conceive, yet hard to truly master. This milestone is a powerful testament to the maturity of our operations and technology. We are proud to begin offering riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix trips that use freeways as we continue to scale the Waymo Driver, always guided by safety.
In addition to freeway-enabled routes, Waymo shared that it is expanding its Bay Area service map, which now covers the entire Peninsula, from San Francisco to San Jose. This expanded map (seen above) also includies curbside service at San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC).
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