Waymo's driverless rides now reach the South Bay
The service area now runs down the coast through Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach to Torrance. LAX is still not included.
By LA This Weekend Team · November 8, 20260 views
Waymo is expanding its driverless ride-hailing service into the South Bay, City News Service reported on Oct. 28. The company's updated map shows the service area running through Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach to Torrance.
What to know
- The LA expansion is part of a rollout adding nearly 250 square miles of coverage across five markets. Waymo has not said how many square miles it is adding in Los Angeles.
- Before this, Waymo's LA service area ran from Santa Monica to Echo Park and south to Inglewood.
- Rides to and from LAX are still not offered.
- Waymo opened its LA service to all riders in November 2024, after starting with a waitlist that March.
Our take
For South Bay residents, this adds another way to get around beach towns where parking is hard to find. It also means more driverless cars sharing streets with people on bikes and on foot along the coast. If you ride one, or have a close call with one, we'd like to hear how it went.
Sources
File photo: a Waymo car in Century City by Alexis Doine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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LA This Weekend Team