When nobody is behind the wheel in car-obsessed Los Angeles

A Waymo driverless taxi in Los Angeles, March 19, 2024. Waymo, a fleet of autonomous taxis that is already operating in San Francisco and Phoenix, has begun carrying passengers across a small swath of Los Angeles County. — The New York Times

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles, to drivers, has never been for the faint of heart. A land where most cannot fathom life without wheels, it offers a daily parade of frustration: congestion, accidents, construction, road rage, tedium.

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