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"Transportation is critically important not just in the quality of life and being able to be out and integrate back into society, but things like access to healthcare for us veterans," said Donald Overton, executive director of Blinded Veterans Association (BVA). As the organization gets ready to celebrate 80 years in 2025, members feel excited and empowered by new technology. Listen to three stories of veterans who are blind and low vision on how Waymo autonomous driving technology is a part of that new way forward. From being alone in a car again and benefitting from audio, haptic, and hands-free accessibility features, to avoiding service denials with their guide dogs, Waymo is helping people get where they need to go, safely and independently. https://lnkd.in/eEM4hdwj

That’s a wrap on Waymo Serve Week! 👏 We’re blown away by the 7,700+ hours of community service that Waymonauts volunteered in their communities earlier this month. A huge thank you to our community partners and everyone involved—from beautifying the Palace of Fine Arts with the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department team, to supporting United Food Bank's Summer of A Million Meals, and building hygiene kits with HealthRIGHT 360. We’re so proud to support and actively participate in the communities where we work and live.

"I've never been in a car by myself before." For Jessie Wolinsky, known online as the Badass Blind Babe, Waymo is offering a new world of firsts. Hear from Jessie what this means for her sense of safety and independence: https://lnkd.in/eri__HjH

"The future is now!" Hear it from the young founders and ambassadors of Loving Library, who rode with Waymo to deliver books and shoes to Hirsch Academy, a Title I school in Phoenix. https://lnkd.in/gqcjeGPX

Fifteen organizations are advocating for AVs in LA as a solution for safer, more accessible, and sustainable streets. Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE)’s Damian Kevitt and National Federation of the Blind’s Robert Stigile sat down with FOX 11 Los Angeles - KTTV’s Hal Eisner to discuss how autonomous ride-hailing empowers disabled and blind communities to have freedom of mobility. https://lnkd.in/g5gBnQee

For eight months and counting, Waymo has been supporting Openhouse SF's home-delivered grocery program. Learn why this community considers themselves innovators and how this partnership is making a difference for LGBTQ+ seniors. https://lnkd.in/eshYCdgB

The Texas Vision Zero Summit and Waymo are working together toward a common goal of making transportation safer and more accessible for people with disabilities. Listen to why this matters.

Phoenix Babes Who Walk makes it easy for women and LGBTQ+ folks to build friendships, a community, and walk safely. And Waymo helps bring them together. Listen to a few Babes' experiences on how autonomous driving tech could let them focus on where they're going (not how). https://lnkd.in/exg9rW4C

For many of the women Harvest Home and SHE IS HOPE LA serve - single mothers, unhoused families - transportation is a challenge. Discover why two leaders of these nonprofits believe Waymo's autonomous vehicles could offer emotional and physical safety. https://lnkd.in/ggervzP9

"These are not accidents." The Texas Vision Zero Summit is working to reframe the language impacting the 12 families that lose a loved one to traffic crashes on Texas roads every day. Listen to how, together, we can get that number down to zero.