Posted on 12/03/25
| News Source: WBAL TV
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 3, 2025 - The fully autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo is coming to Baltimore, the company announced Wednesday.
Baltimore is among four cities in the company's latest expansion. The other cities include St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Waymo posted a statement online Wednesday that it will work with state officials to create a regulatory path for deployment.
"Maryland has a long, proud tradition of embracing innovation and driving discovery. This new partnership with Waymo marks the next chapter in that story — and it's going to help spur growth, make our roads safer and get more Marylanders from where they live to where opportunity lies," Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said in Waymo's statement. "Together, we will continue our push to make Maryland the best place in the world to change the world."
This week, Waymo said it will start manually driving in Baltimore to get familiar with the city's roads and communities and prepare its service for riders in the future.
Mark Riccobono, president of the National Federation of the Blind, welcomed the news.
"We are excited that Waymo is expanding to the home city of our national headquarters, where thousands of blind people live as well as visit every year," Riccobono said in Waymo's statement. "Waymo's arrival in Baltimore will significantly strengthen our collaboration, because it gives our preeminent experts in nonvisual accessibility the chance to engage with this technology every day, bringing lived experience and high expectations to the table as we work to shape a future where blind people can fully and confidently participate."
Waymo said its vehicles have currently driven 100 million fully autonomous miles on public roads.