{"id":259080,"date":"2026-04-21T06:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259080\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:15:07","slug":"waymo-temporarily-pauses-san-antonio-operations-amid-flooding-vehicle-entering-flooded-waterway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259080\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo temporarily pauses San Antonio operations amid flooding, vehicle entering flooded waterway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kens5.com\/article\/news\/local\/waymo-operating-san-antonio-roads\/273-ebd5f432-8c18-427f-83de-c5967dff4454\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Waymo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Waymo&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Waymo<\/a> has temporarily paused their San Antonio operations as a result of flooding in the city Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amid severe weather, the self-driving car company says an unoccupied Waymo vehicle entered a roadway that was flooded and was pulled into an active waterway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Waymo says they are coordinating with local authorities and are working to recover the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Safety is our highest priority at Waymo, both for people who choose to ride with us and those with whom we share the streets,&#8221; Product Communications Manager Chris Bonelli said. &#8220;As a result of the flooding in San Antonio, we temporarily paused our local operations and are continuing to monitor road conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In March, Waymo expanded its Alamo City to include rides to and from <a href=\"https:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/ev-and-future-tech\/articles\/waymo-expand-san-antonio-services-235100599.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Antonio International Airport;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Antonio International Airport&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio International Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waymo has temporarily paused their San Antonio operations as a result of flooding in the city Monday. Amid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83,4375,10020],"class_list":{"0":"post-259080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news","11":"tag-severe-weather","12":"tag-waymo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}