{"id":496981,"date":"2026-10-15T13:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/496981\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:42:34","slug":"san-jose-sets-new-rules-for-delivery-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/496981\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose sets new rules for delivery robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">San Jose\u2019s experiment with autonomous food delivery robots is entering a new phase as the city prepares to roll out rules governing their use, including operating fees as well as fines for companies that run afoul of the new standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City Council greenlit a regulatory package Tuesday last week that will not only set the rules of the road for the two companies already operating cooler-sized delivery robots \u2014 now a common sight on downtown sidewalks \u2014 it will also launch a pilot program allowing larger robots to travel through the city\u2019s bike lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly regional roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose\u2019s experiment with autonomous food delivery robots is entering a new phase as the city prepares to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2080,6919,7444,134647,3274,88,90,89,881,198,1970,1967],"class_list":["post-496981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-autonomous-vehicles","tag-bike-lanes","tag-delivery-robots","tag-pedestrian-safety","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-spotlight","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-technology","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}