LA enlists Waymo to fight potholes — as shocking road conditions are laid bare

Fuente: New York Post

Los Angeles is turning to robotaxis in an effort to tackle the city’s crater-riddled streets — as years of battered pavement and slow repairs have left drivers dodging hazards across thousands of miles of roadway. Waymo and Waze have teamed up on a pilot program that uses self-driving vehicles to identify potholes and share that data with city officials, according to a news release from the autonomous taxi company. The move taps Waymo’s autonomous fleet to detect damaged roads, with the information then fed into Waze’s traffic data-sharing platform to help flag trouble sports and alert drivers approaching rough pavement, according to the press release.