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"Transportation is critically important not just in the quality of life and being able to be out and integrate back into society, but things like access to healthcare for us veterans," said Donald Overton, executive director of Blinded Veterans Association (BVA). As the organization gets ready to celebrate 80 years in 2025, members feel excited and empowered by new technology. Listen to three stories of veterans who are blind and low vision on how Waymo autonomous driving technology is a part of that new way forward. From being alone in a car again and benefitting from audio, haptic, and hands-free accessibility features, to avoiding service denials with their guide dogs, Waymo is helping people get where they need to go, safely and independently. https://lnkd.in/eEM4hdwj

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We’re excited to announce that Waymo One is now open to riders across San Francisco — no more waitlist or invite codes! This is a key milestone in our mission to be the world’s most trusted driver, and we're thrilled to offer the Waymo experience to more riders in the City by the Bay! Ride today. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJjFFYMM

That’s a wrap on Waymo Serve Week! 👏 We’re blown away by the 7,700+ hours of community service that Waymonauts volunteered in their communities earlier this month. A huge thank you to our community partners and everyone involved—from beautifying the Palace of Fine Arts with the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department team, to supporting United Food Bank's Summer of A Million Meals, and building hygiene kits with HealthRIGHT 360. We’re so proud to support and actively participate in the communities where we work and live.

Waymo is proud to support our Head of Sustainability & Environment, Adam L., who is an Ambassador for The American Lung Association's ‘I Wear Turquoise’ Campaign. The virtual event raises funds and awareness around ALA’s fight for the nearly 40% of Americans who live in a community impacted by unhealthy levels of air pollution. Reducing transportation emissions is imperative to improving our air quality, and Waymo’s shared all-electric fleet makes it easier for people to access clean transportation options like our AV ride-hailing service, as well as making streets safer for all road users like pedestrians and bicyclists. Learn more about the campaign: https://lnkd.in/gYPZig4m Support Adam’s efforts: https://lnkd.in/gM5rksfN  

Empirical data from ~15M RO miles shows the Waymo Driver is better at avoiding crashes than human drivers where we operate. Here is a recent example from San Francisco, showcasing our Driver’s safety capabilities. Proud of the work our team is doing to make roads safer.

New data shows that the Waymo Driver continues to make roads safer. Over 14.8M rider-only miles driven through the end of March, it was up to 3.5x better in avoiding crashes that cause injuries and 2x better in avoiding police-reported crashes than human drivers in SF and Phoenix. Comparing AV and human drivers’ crash rates is not a trivial task. Last December, we introduced clear human benchmarks for such analysis and showed that the Waymo Driver significantly outperformed them over the first 7M+ rider-only miles. New data provides more evidence for the Waymo Driver’s safety benefits. By voluntarily sharing this safety data, beyond regulatory reporting requirements, we hope to enhance transparency and foster trust with our riders and communities we drive in. Learn more about our safety research at https://waymo.com/safety and stay tuned for more safety updates in the coming months.

Waymo will be at #CVPR2024 next week! On June 17 at the Workshop on Autonomous Driving, Waymo’s Director of Engineering Congcong Li will talk about some of our recent work that is accelerating Waymo’s scalability, and we will announce the winners of the 2024 Waymo Open Dataset Challenges https://lnkd.in/gbw_rXam On June 18, you can hear our Head of Research Dragomir Anguelov speak at the Workshop on Data-Driven Autonomous Driving Simulation https://lnkd.in/gtGtjH4i Waymo’s Research team will also present a new paper “MoST: Multi-modality Scene Tokenization for Motion Prediction” on June 20 https://lnkd.in/gntmmduW Stop by our booth #1821 to say hello and talk about all things autonomous driving. See you in Seattle!

The largest autonomous ride-hailing territory in the US is now even larger. Explore more Scottsdale shopping, dining, outdoor, and entertainment favorites in the +90 square miles we added to our Metro Phoenix service area. Pro tip: We love the pulled pork sandwich from The Thumb. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g3U8x9xZ

Autonomous vehicles have come a long way, and we're excited to continue ushering in a safer future for all. Happy #AutonomousVehicleDay from all of us at Waymo!