In the USA, an autonomous driving service now offers over 100,000 paid trips per week. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Metro Phoenix and Los Angeles County, passengers value safe and reliable transportation provided by fully autonomous vehicles that cannot get tired, drunk or distracted.
Another important advantage is that all journeys are carried out exclusively electrically. The sharing model of Waymo gives everyone in the areas served access to electric rides at the touch of a button, without having to own an electric vehicle themselves. This saves an estimated 135 tonnes of CO2 emissions per week – a number that continues to grow as the number of journeys increases.
As a new initiative, passengers using certain transit stations in… San Francisco and heading to the peninsula, a $3 voucher for future trips. This pilot phase runs until November 15th, and the vouchers can be redeemed until December 31st, 2024.
The pilot project is an important step towards making environmentally friendly transport more accessible. The knowledge gained should contribute to the connection to the public transport to improve and make it easier for people to use both services together.
Connecting people with sustainable transportation options is at the heart of the mission to make autonomous driving safer. On-demand electric rides and better access to public transportation will make daily travel more sustainable and convenient.
A new sustainability page provides information about the environmental impact of the service and the use of renewable energy sources from local energy suppliers. This makes it possible to offer zero-emission transport as a practical option for more people.
The transportation system in the United States needs fundamental changes; The transport sector is the largest producer of greenhouse gases there, accounting for 29% of domestic emissions. However, everyone can participate in the energy transition. A recent survey shows that 36% of San Francisco riders use autonomous ride service to connect to other environmentally friendly transportation options such as BART, Muni or Caltrain.