{"id":170178,"date":"2026-02-26T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170178\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:36:08","slug":"waymo-brings-driverless-ride-hailing-to-this-florida-city-in-first-multi-market-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170178\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo brings driverless ride-hailing to this Florida city in first multi-market rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida <\/a>is officially joining the growing network of cities served by <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Waymo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Waymo\u2019s <\/a>autonomous ride-hailing service.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Alphabet-owned company announced it is bringing its self-driving vehicles to <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Orlando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orlando <\/a>\u2014 the only Florida city included in Waymo\u2019s latest multi-city expansion. The move marks the company\u2019s first time launching in multiple new markets at once, with three additional locations set for Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Waymo\u2019s vehicles operate without a human driver, relying entirely on the company\u2019s autonomous driving technology. In Orlando, the service will launch gradually and will operate only in designated areas of the metro rather than offering full-region coverage.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/amazing-america-250th-anniversary-dr-vicky-norton-first-generation-american-antisemitism-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazing America: A South Florida Doctor\u2019s Journey from Immigration to Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents interested in trying the driverless rides must download the <a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Waymo app<\/a>. Access will roll out on an invite-only basis as the company expands availability.<\/p>\n<p>With Orlando now onboard, Waymo\u2019s reach grows to <a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/dallas-houston-san-antonio-orlando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">10 U.S. cities<\/a> \u2014 widening the footprint of driverless transportation in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>CBS12 wants to know, would you ride in a fully driverless Waymo car when the service launches in Orlando?<\/p>\n<p>VOTE HERE: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Florida is officially joining the growing network of cities served by Waymo\u2019s autonomous ride-hailing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-170178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}