Waymo gradually resumes freeway routes, starting with Phoenix, more than two months after suspending them to improve performance around construction zones (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/waymo-robotaxis-are-starting-to-return-to-freeways/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260729/i34.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260729/p34#a260729p34" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kirsten Korosec / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/waymo-robotaxis-are-starting-to-return-to-freeways/">Waymo gradually resumes freeway routes, starting with Phoenix, more than two months after suspending them to improve performance around construction zones</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Waymo is slowly adding freeway routes back to its service area more than two months after the company stopped driving these high-speed roads &hellip; </p>