Overview

• Agencies using Via’s platform will be able to dispatch Waymo’s fully autonomous vehicles as part of local transit, integrating routing, scheduling, and reporting in one system.
• Via’s Scheduling Engine will assign Waymo vehicles based on passenger and trip needs while the city monitors performance and required federal funding and accessibility compliance.
• Chandler, Arizona is the first deployment, adding Waymo vehicles to the Chandler Flex on‑demand service starting in the fall.
• The partners describe the setup as a repeatable template for other municipalities across Via’s broad transit software footprint.
• Waymo cites hundreds of thousands of paid trips each week, tens of millions of autonomous miles, and an 88% lower rate of injury‑causing crashes versus average human driving, while Via shares rose about 5% in premarket trading after the news.