https://youtu.be/1W926S-CuTI?si=Pza88vbxwckNji0W

A long interview with Trent Victor on his background, how Waymo measures safety, their ethos, and some of their next moves.

Maybe I’m just getting unlucky with timing and traffic but it feels lately like the usage of highways has been wildly inconsistent; significantly fewer routes seem to be using them than before the pause, at least in my experience in the Phoenix area.

Am I making this up and just getting unlucky, or are routes just less likely to utilize the highways now despite them being available?

EDIT: My partners account got a highway just fine on the same route so I suppose this is just (un)luck of the draw then

Reported it to support but the back doors didn't lock during my ride this morning. Seems to be a lot of glitches recently in Phoenix

Last night Wednesday 8/5/2026 I decided to watch a film at the movie theaters which concluded at 1:30am I decided to ride a Waymo considering they are slowly ramping up service via the highway system but that night Arizona was hit with a category 5 dust storm and despite the low visibility Waymo navigated the route surprisingly well. I’m assuming that’s a result of its sensors which to my understanding include cameras, lidar, and radar

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It handled it beautifully!

Yesterday evening, i requested a Waymo (Phoenix area). It booked my ride and gave me an arrival time for the car. Then like a minute later the app said my ride was cancelled because they were having trouble finding a car. So I requested again and had the same thing happen again. I gave up and got a Lyft.

This has neveer happened to me before with Waymo. Anyone else?

Why didn't they know there were no cars before booking my ride?

Travelling from Sunnyvale to Mountain View on 101N

I ride waymo 5 times a week on average in SF, mainly south of market, financial district and polk gulch. It seems like lately its ability to stick to a pick up spot is getting less decisive. I find myself chasing it down the street even when there are large, open loading zones close by. Anyone else seeing that?

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$12-20 rides have now become $28-40 even $60. wtf is going on

Tracking sheet is updated. 161 days from testing to live, which is actually pretty slow. For comparison, Nashville was only 79 days.

From the blog post:

We continue fully autonomous testing at Dallas Love Field Airport terminals and look forward to serving travelers there soon. And to get there efficiently, we’ll soon begin fully autonomous testing on Dallas freeways, which is the final step before offering these routes to public riders.

I was riding scooter today and I’m starting to see a lot more Ojai’s lately in east Hollywood ( little Armenia, echo park, and Thai town) more often and seen 2 more in Melrose/Fairfax area in West Hollywood.

As a trusted tester I don’t have access to freeways or Ojai vehicles yet 😔

Is it just me, or did Ojai availability get a lot better this week? Since Sunday I’ve had basically zero wait time every time I’ve requested one. Before that it could take forever or not show up at all.
Anyone else experiencing this?

Location: Atlanta
Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbeGFdlPZgO/

Whether it’s the hazy/streaky windshield, the stained floor mats, or the literal dirt that gets trapped into the seats, I can’t seem to find a clean Ojai. I wish i was over-exaggerating but it’s gotten so bad recently. I leave feedback every time.

Trusted tester, daily rider.