Business Chief USA December 2019

of mapping out some streets in Los
Angeles, as part of the process of
determining whether the service is
ready to take on one of the most
congested urban transport environments
in the country.
Waymo has also partnered with
ride-hailing company Lyft, making 10
of its Phoenix vehicles publicly available
through its platform. Also, in October,
Waymo sent an email to its Waymo
One customers, informing them of plans
to remove the safety drivers that have
so far been a necessary presence in all
unmanned vehicles, ready to take the
wheel in case of a malfunction or error.
As today’s cities become the smart
urban environments of the future,
places like Phoenix are offering
remarkable insight into the solutions
that may define the technological
utopias of tomorrow.
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