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Newsby StaffSeptember 19, 2025

Via, Waymo Partner to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing into Public Transit

Chandler, Arizona, will be the first city to benefit from this framework, integrating Waymo’s service into the city’s Chandler Flex microtransit service.

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NewsAugust 31, 2021

Riders Prefer AV Technology, New Study Shows

Valley Metro partnered with Waymo and ASU to study autonomous vehicle travel.

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NewsJuly 10, 2020

Transdev Names Heineking to Executive Committee

Heineking leads the Transdev Alternative Services (TAS) division, which provides operational services for Waymo’s self-driving vehicle development and testing efforts.

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NewsNovember 15, 2019

L.A. launches P3 to accelerate transportation innovation

Will bring stakeholders together to develop new ideas, test them, and roll them out in close partnership with local communities.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2019

Waymo to sell lidar sensors to lower cost of self-driving vehicles

The Laser Bear Honeycomb is a perimeter sensor, which Waymo says is the same sensor around the bumper of self-driving vehicles.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2018

Valley Metro partners with Waymo for autonomous vehicle pilot

Agency will begin utilizing the self-driving vehicle technology for first- and last-mile transit trips next month.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2018

Waymo CEO confident his tech would have avoided deadly AV crash

John Krafcik said that in the case of pedestrians or pedestrians with a bicycle, “we have a lot of confidence that our technology would be robust and would be able to handle situations like that one."

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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2017

Lyft to begin building its own self-driving technology

Although it has formed several partnerships with auto and tech companies, company is now saying it wants a build its own technology stack so it can operate its own self-driving cars.

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Newsby StaffMay 16, 2017

Waymo, Lyft partner to test autonomous vehicle tech

Meanwhile, Uber is in a legal battle with Waymo over allegations that it is using stolen trade secrets for its self-driving car program.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2017

Waymo begins offering rides in self-driving cars

Waymo, Google's self-driving car project, and Fiat Chrysler haved teamed up to offer rides to the public so that it can get feedback on the experience.

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