Waymo opens driverless rides to the public in Nashville

Waymo’s robotaxi service is now in Nashville. Tuesday, Autonomous passenger cars a company It was opened to the first public riders in Music City, and will expand to include more people “on a rolling basis,” Waymo said in a blog post.

Interested passengers can hail a self-driving vehicle by downloading the file Waymo application And waiting for the invitation. Waymo says its cars will also become available on the Lyft app later this year, which should help expand access. Lyft will also manage the robotaxi fleet, including vehicle maintenance and cleaning.

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Waymo, owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is available to members of the public in 10 other metro areas: Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando. The company plans to Expanding to dozens of other cities In the coming months and years. Nashville is the first city in Tennessee where riders can pay tribute to Waymo.

“By leveraging private sector technologies like Waymo’s fully self-driving vehicles, we are expanding mobility in ways we couldn’t achieve alone and accelerating economic growth,” Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said in a statement.

At launch, Waymo’s service area extends across 60 square miles of Nashville. This includes the Downtown, 12 South, East Nashville and Broadway neighborhoods. Waymo says it is also testing its driverless operations at Nashville International Airport and plans to “serve travelers there in the near future.” The company currently operates out of four international airports: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, San Jose Mineta International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, and San Antonio International Airport.

With some members of the public wary of self-driving vehicles, especially after a series of… High-profile incidentsWaymo often promotes it Safety data. With more than 170 million self-driving miles driven through December 2025, the company says, “compared to human drivers, we achieved a 13-fold reduction in crashes involving serious injuries or worse, and the same reduction in crashes involving pedestrian injuries.”

After downloading the Waymo app, the company says anyone interested in riding in Nashville should “monitor our social channels for access codes to skip the line.”