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    1. Technology

    AZ: Valley Metro Paying $200K to Partner With Waymo on Self-Driving Car Experiment

    Aug. 2, 2018
    Valley Metro is paying up to $200,000 for a partnership with Waymo that will test how to use self-driving cars to deliver people to bus stops and light-rail stations.

    Source Phoenix New Times

    Valley Metro
    Shaun Stewart, Waymo chief business development officer and Scott Smith, Valley Metro CEO, forge a partnership to help drive the future of transportation.
    Shaun Stewart, Waymo chief business development officer and Scott Smith, Valley Metro CEO, forge a partnership to help drive the future of transportation.

    Valley Metro is paying up to $200,000 for a partnership with Waymo that will test how to use self-driving cars to deliver people to bus stops and light-rail stations.

    Between 30 and 50 Valley Metro employees — who haven't yet been selected or signed up — are expected to take part in the program.

    They'll be shuttled by self-driving vehicles to and from transit access points, then take a bus or light-rail to work or other destinations, before reversing the process later in the day.

    Read the complete article at https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/valley-metro-waymo-self-driving-car-autonomous-10667878