New York City granted Waymo a permit on August 22 to test a limited pilot of driverless vehicles in parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. The pilot includes eight autonomous vehicles operating in Manhattan south of 112th Street and Downtown Brooklyn. Humans will remain in the front seats during testing to monitor vehicle performance. The pilot will evaluate vehicle responses to jaywalkers, cyclists, carriage horses, and heavy city congestion. The program is scheduled to end near the end of September with a potential extension. A Waymo vehicle was photographed on West 75th Street on August 14 before the public announcement.
Waymo, an autonomous driving vehicle company, is already up and running across the United States, including in California, Texas, and Georgia, and now the driverless service has made its way to New York City. On August 22, the city's Mayor's Office announced that the Department of Transportation has granted Waymo its first-ever permit to begin testing a limited number of the driverless vehicles as part of a pilot program in sections of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
There are currently eight autonomous vehicles in the pilot program covering Manhattan south of 112th Street and Downtown Brooklyn. During the pilot program, there will still be humans in the front seat to assess the performance of the vehicles. The pilot is set to conclude near the end of September, when it will then have the possibility of being extended.
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