{"id":235562,"date":"2026-04-17T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235562\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:32:12","slug":"waymo-opens-driverless-rides-to-everyone-in-miami-adds-highway-access-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235562\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo opens driverless rides to everyone in Miami, adds highway access &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Waymo\u2019s fully autonomous ride-hailing service is now open to all Miami residents and visitors, no waitlist required, the company announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout follows a limited launch that drew more than 150,000 riders from an early interest list across Miami and Orlando. <\/p>\n<p>The company is also introducing highway travel to its Miami service, allowing for faster routes across the city, including trips between Coral Gables, Wynwood and Miami Beach using I-95, the Dolphin Expressway and the Palmetto Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>Riders can request early highway access directly through the app. The service is already available in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Waymo says its autonomous driver has been involved in 92% fewer crashes causing serious or fatal injuries compared to human drivers under similar conditions. The company said its Florida operations were tested specifically for regional challenges, including navigating tropical weather.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can now download the Waymo app and immediately hail a driverless vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Waymo\u2019s fully autonomous ride-hailing service is now open to all Miami residents and visitors, no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-235562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235562","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=235562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}