Plans to bring self-driving autonomous vehicles to D.C. may be taking a detour.

News4 has learned a key report that would pave the way for the cars to start service is being held back.

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Waymo vehicles have been tested on the streets of D.C. – with a driver as backup – for more than a year now. The company was hoping to start picking up passengers without a driver by next year. But now plans are stuck in neutral.

D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen, who chairs the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, told News4 a report that would allow his committee to advance the autonomous testing and then potentially start passenger service is nowhere to be found.

“For the past year, we have been targeting sometime around n

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