Waymo self-driving taxis could be coming to Toronto.
As first reported by Matt Elliott in his City Hall Watcher newsletter , the city is in talks with lobbyists for the autononmous ride-hailing division of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. A record of this dated from November 6 is on the official City of Toronto website .
On this page, the city notes that it needs to communicate “about the potential development of by-laws and regulations related to autonomous driving technologies, including as it relates to operational authorizations, commercial operations, goods delivery operations and ridehail operations.”
It’s interesting to hear about a potential Toronto expansion because Waymo isn’t actually widely available in the U.S. As it stands, the service operates in Los Angeles, the S

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