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Waymo expands service area by 55 square miles into East Valley

 A Waymo on a freeway.
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A Waymo on a freeway.

Waymo is expanding its services in metro Phoenix. The autonomous ride hailing company is adding 55 square miles to its service area.

Riders can now hail a Waymo in several East Valley neighborhoods — including San Tan Ranch and other parts of Gilbert, and more of Chandler.

Mesa Gateway Airport will be added as a stop in the near future. Once that happens, the company says Phoenix will have the most airport access to Waymo in the world.

All of this brings Waymo’s footprint to roughly 350 square miles, covering parts of Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe.

In July, Waymo resumed traveling on Phoenix freeways after a two-month pause for software updates.

A map of the Phoenix metro area with Waymo's expanded service area marked in blue.
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Waymo added 55 square miles to its service area in the East Valley on Aug. 13, 2026.

KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.
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