A Waymo robotaxi at Broadway and Walker Street, March 2026.
A Waymo robotaxi at Broadway and Walker Street, March 2026. ( Photo: Nick Garber X)

The author, who saw the rise of driverless cars firsthand in Fog City, San Francisco, says not so fast, Big Apple.

Robotaxis Are Ready; New York City Isn’t
19 Apr 2026 | 08:34
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During my last two years of high school in San Francisco, driverless cars—or “robotaxis,” or autonomous vehicles, call them what you will—weren’t the future. They were a joke. Waymo cars circled blocks aimlessly, teenagers jumped in front of them just to see what would happen, and every now and then...

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