JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville City Councilman Rory Diamond says he wants the autonomous vehicle company Waymo to operate in Jacksonville. <\/p>\n
In a post on X, Diamond said he plans to do \u201ceverything\u201d he can to bring the self-driving service to the city.<\/p>\n
His post came while sharing another message showing a recent Waymo ride experience in Miami, where the service has begun operating.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Waymo, owned by Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet, runs driverless ride services in several U.S. cities, including Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and recently expanded testing and service in Florida.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear when or if Waymo could launch in Jacksonville. <\/p>\n If Waymo eventually launches in Jacksonville, it would likely require city discussions, regulations, and coordination with state and local transportation agencies.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville City Councilman Rory Diamond says he wants the autonomous vehicle company Waymo to operate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82161,82162,4038,693,82163,8844,36020,41763,82164,82165,4535,187,6126,30885,82166,3974,82167,33142,82168,81249,82169,6130,740,34330,82170,195,82171,6131,12632,82172,116,118,117,8254,6140,29047,24143,724,504,67239,82173,82174,728,8849,1576,28578,729,8848,1798,730,732,24480],"class_list":["post-173068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-alternative","tag-alternative-fuel-vehicle","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-auto","tag-automatic","tag-automobile","tag-automotive","tag-autonomous","tag-autonomous-technology","tag-autopilot","tag-california","tag-city","tag-close-up","tag-computer","tag-computer-vision","tag-concept","tag-cruise-control","tag-digital","tag-driverless","tag-driverless-car","tag-driverless-transport","tag-driving","tag-economy","tag-efficiency","tag-finance-and-economy","tag-future","tag-futuristic","tag-highway","tag-innovation","tag-internet-of-things","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-machine-learning","tag-mode-of-transport","tag-no-people","tag-parking-lot","tag-road","tag-safety","tag-self-driving","tag-self-driving-car","tag-sensor","tag-street","tag-taxi","tag-technology","tag-testing","tag-traffic","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-urban","tag-vehicle","tag-waymo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173068","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=173068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}