Waymo Granted First Permit To Being Testing Autonomous Vehicles In NYC (cnbc.com) 21
Waymo has received its first permit from the New York City Department of Transportation to begin testing autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, marking the city's first official rollout of self-driving car trials. The program will initially deploy up to eight vehicles with safety drivers through late September, with the potential to extend and expand into other boroughs. CNBC reports: New York state law requires the company to have a driver behind the wheel to operate. "We're a tech-friendly administration and we're always looking for innovative ways to safely move our city forward," [Mayor Eric Adams] said in a release. "New York City is proud to welcome Waymo to test this new technology in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as we know this testing is only the first step in moving our city further into the 21st century."
The news comes just two months after the company said it filed permits to test its cars in the city with a trained specialist behind the wheel. [...] As part of the permit, Waymo must regularly meet and report data to DOT and work closely with law enforcement and emergency services.
The news comes just two months after the company said it filed permits to test its cars in the city with a trained specialist behind the wheel. [...] As part of the permit, Waymo must regularly meet and report data to DOT and work closely with law enforcement and emergency services.
WayMO trained in Manhattan to be more aggressive! (Score:2)
When that code/experience? is shared with Phoenix and San Francisco... WATCH OUT!
The car drives itself and the specialist sells (Score:2)
Clearly NYC Has a Moral Problem (Score:1)
The moral is: it's all about money.
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Now, if we all converted to cycling would that be even safer? I grant it would be. I just don't see it. All the American suburbanites converting to bus and bicycle travel, it's infeasible for so many people without a total lifestyle change.
Whereas self-driving, or at least to the level of automated emergency braking, I see as likely.
headline is wrong (Score:2)
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Wow! Not AI slop. (Score:3)
An AI would not put the wrong word in the headline ("being" vs "begin").
They were already testing without permits (Score:2)
I saw a couple of them driving around Chelsea about a week ago. They had safety drivers and were out in the evening after the traffic had calmed down.
Re: They were already testing without permits (Score:2)
What you probably saw was drivers actually driving the cars around while the cameras and LiDAR were engaged, for learning/mapping.
More weather (Score:2)
This will give Waymo experience with more weather than Arizona and California provide. Though NYC taxi drivers will be cranky. Overall this is good IMO.
I wish more companies were as good at self-driving. Competition will make everyone better, but there is not much true competition.
Re: I love New York! (Score:2)
Is Waymo exempt from congestion pricing? (Score:2)
Human drivers have to pay to drive in some parts of NYC [wikipedia.org]. Do Waymo cars have to pay those tolls?
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Being Testing (Score:2)
You had one job...
Can't wait till they are in Philly (Score:2)
How? (Score:2)
How does an autonomous vehicle lean on the horn if it doesn't have arms?