Next stop for Waymo One: Washington, D.C
30 points by ra7 3 months ago | 7 comments- proudestmonkey 3 months agoLooks like they’re going at this one alone - don’t see any mention of Uber partnership
- arusahni 3 months agoI'll be curious to see how these handle the gridlock caused by motorcades.
- dlachausse 3 months agoD.C. has plenty of gridlock even without the motorcades. It is one of the worst cities I’ve ever had the misfortune of driving in. Not enough street parking, expensive parking garages, flex lanes that change direction depending on the time of day, and one way streets that don’t alternate traffic direction in any conceivable pattern.
If you go there do yourself a favor and just take the metro.
- acdha 3 months agoStreet parking causes much of the traffic because people double or triple park or drive around endlessly trying to find a subsidized spot. The problem DC has is simply that too many people are trying to go to the same places, and there just isn’t that much room for cars, especially with the limited river crossing points and reserved federal space.
- drivingmenuts 3 months agoSounds like Waymo will fit right in, then.
We just got them in Austin. God help us all.
- acdha 3 months ago
- dlachausse 3 months ago
- jinushaun 3 months agoWow. DC is a challenge to drive as a human, nevermind as a robot.
- singularity2001 3 months agoWill be interesting when an opposition member has his first fatal 'accident'.
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