June 21, 2026

New York City has defeated Waymo, and the taxi lobby is the reason

closeup photo of parking lot
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Waymo delivers more than 500,000 paid rides per week across 10 US cities, raised $16 billion in February, and is expanding internationally to Tokyo and London. It cannot operate in New York City. The reason is not technical, it is political. As the N...