Most crucially for New York residents hoping to catch a driver-supervised autonomous lift, sorry. Waymo is free to test its autonomy technology in the city, but Taxi and Limousine Commission rules in the city prohibit the use of autonomous vehicles in for-hire services.

Alphabet’s autonomous driving arm, Waymo, has received the green light to test its self-driving cars on the streets of New York City

The Adams administration announced Friday it has approved driverless-taxi firm Waymo’s application to test autonomous vehicles in Gotham — but the robotaxis won’t be picking up passengers anytime soon.