Austin Is Using Waymo AV Data to Target Pothole Repairs

Waymo Assisting City of Austin with Potholes

Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are helping the City of Austin identify potholes by sharing roadway data collected during daily trips across the city. The program uses sensors on Waymo’s self-driving vehicles to detect rough spots in the road and report their locations through the Waze for Cities platform. Austin Transportation and Public Works crews then review the reports to determine whether repairs are needed. City officials say the data has bee…

Austin is using Waymo AV data to target pothole repairs

Waymo is using its autonomous vehicles to feed real-time data back to the City of Austin to address street conditions and fix problem areas.

Waymo vehicles helping Austin spot potholes through new data-sharing program

The initiative is one of five pothole program partnerships nationwide using the Waze for Cities platform.