Waymo is accepting public riders in Miami
Waymo is kicking off the new year with a new city: Miami.
Starting today, anyone on the company's waitlist of approximately 10,000 people can hail one of its robotaxis for trips within a 60-square-mile service area that includes popular neighborhoods like the Design District and Wynwood, Brickell, and Coral Gables - but not popular tourist destinations like South Beach. The vehicles also will initially avoid highways and stick to local roads, with plans to expand to faster-speed roads later this year.
It will be a similar phased rollout as in other cities, in which Waymo first opens up to those who have joined its waitlist and indicated …