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title: "Waymo expands robotaxi coverage more than 20% — larger than Rhode Island"
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286286971.md"
description: "Waymo has announced a significant expansion of its autonomous robotaxi service, increasing its coverage by 27% to over 1,400 square miles across 11 U.S. cities, surpassing the size of Rhode Island. The expansion will begin in Miami, followed by Austin, Atlanta, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area, focusing on growing service areas within existing markets rather than launching in new cities."
datetime: "2026-05-13T15:28:19.000Z"
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# Waymo expands robotaxi coverage more than 20% — larger than Rhode Island

Waymo announced a major expansion of its autonomous robotaxi service area, growing to over 1,400 square miles across 11 US cities. That’s an estimated 27% increase from its previous coverage and more territory than the entire state of Rhode Island.

The expansion starts in Miami, with Austin, Atlanta, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area up next for broader coverage.

## Growing within existing cities

Notably, this isn’t about launching in new cities — Waymo already operates in all of these markets. The expansion is about growing the service area within cities where Waymo has already proven the model works.

Based on the most recent data available, Waymo’s total coverage was estimated at roughly 1,100 square miles as of April 2026. The city-by-city breakdown looked approximately like this:

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