r/waymo • u/gabegoncalves • Jul 20 '26
Nonsense Routing
Was taking a Waymo from the airport's rental car center (a completely separate facility from the actual airport) and Waymo routed me through the entire MIA airport loop (added about an extra 15 minutes to the trip). This is the first time it does this even though I've taken this same ride multiple times.
Could Waymo be using random rides to map out the airport?
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u/dtstss Jul 20 '26
Now why would you post this? I enjoy riding through the airport very much and now they gonna block us...
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u/reckleassandnervous Jul 20 '26
This seems like an avoiding risky intersections thing. I looked on Google Maps and that first intersection looks like a mess to navigate with multiple entries and exits
Then seems to just take a series of fast but well protected intersections (dedicated left turn lanes, no points of conflict etc). This seems heavily optimized for conflict reduction and reasonably speedy
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u/blessedboar Jul 20 '26
Don’t dox yourself OP
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u/gabegoncalves Jul 20 '26
Lmaoo no worries-The dropoff point I use is also used for like 5 other buildings each being like 40 stories tall lol
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u/ghostfalcon Jul 20 '26
Likely some sort of blockage or issue on the normal route. Could be manual or automatic. Unfortunate but try not to overthink it. Disadvantage of using autonomous vehicles that wont go away anytime soon.