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Waymo received approval Friday afternoon from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula and on San Francisco freeways. The approval removes the last barrier for the Alphabet company to charge for rides in these expanded areas. Importantly, it opens up new territory for Waymo in one of the country’s largest cities and unlocks a route to San Francisco International Airport, which is located south of the city.…

Waymo just announced it’s ready to start The experiments start in and around Phoenix in the next few weeks and include the autonomous Jaguar I-Pace SUV. The company to offer driverless taxis throughout the city, but the vehicles were restricted to city streets at low speeds. Now, these robo-taxis will be careening down the highway, bringing us one step closer to a world where we won’t have to sully ourselves with the task of driving.Unlike the Waymo One service, which is available to regular customers, these autonomous…

Merging onto the Santa Monica Freeway at rush hour or along the infamously choked Sepulveda Pass could carry a price for Angelenos — and a promise.The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected by the summer to release a long-awaited study that will offer a blueprint for a congestion pricing scheme similar to ones in cities such as London, Stockholm and Singapore, where commuters pay to drive in city centers.The transit agency has zeroed in on three locations for a possible test program: a…

As a winter storm continued to lash California on Friday, several major freeways and roads were closed by the weather, including portions of Interstate 5. The weather system, which is expected to continue through Saturday, has created dangerous driving conditions for residents in mountainous regions. These are the roads and freeways in Southern California that have closed due to the storm: Interstate 5 was closed in both directions Friday morning through the Tejon Pass, according to the California Highway Patrol and…

A rare winter storm continued to pound California with snow and rain early Friday, shutting down freeways, including Interstate 5 through the Grapevine, as blizzard warnings took effect in the region’s mountains.Scattered showers and snow at unusually low elevations started snarling commutes and creating dangerous mountain driving conditions Thursday as the storm system, which is unusual not just in its ferocity but also in its origin from southwest Canada, is forecast to increase in intensity through Saturday. On Friday…

Morning rush hour traffic in the east San Fernando Valley is snarled by two fatal incidents early Friday that closed freeway lanes.All southbound lanes on the 5 Freeway were shut down after two people were killed in a crash involving a big rig.The collision was reported around 5:05 a.m. in Sun Valley, Officer Moises Marroquin with the California Highway Patrol said. KABC-TV Channel 7 reported that a fire erupted when the big rig struck a stalled white van, according to a CHP incident log. Firefighters extinguished the…