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How many cities will Waymo operate in by December 31?
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Waymo sits at about 15 public metros, the top of the 12–15 bucket, so the market turns on whether one more city opens to the public by Dec 31. In 2026 every new city ran driverless with staff only for about two months before opening (Las Vegas: Jul 8 → Sep 14). Within three days the trader will know whether Waymos with empty driver's seats already run in any of five pipeline cities, before Waymo says so: any yes makes 16–19 (6.6¢) look underpriced; none keeps 12–15.
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An observation · 2 per place · $0.85 each
Watch traffic on a busy downtown street for 10 minutes. Say how many Waymo cars you saw (white cars or vans with a spinning dome on the roof) and whether any had nobody in the driver's seat. No faces.
Why: An empty driver's seat has come about two months before every 2026 public launch; 11 weeks remain. Minneapolis and New Orleans started with Tampa, now public.
Beats: Waymo announces driverless milestones on its own schedule; local sightings on Reddit and X are sporadic and unverified.
- Campus Martius, downtown Detroit#44051 · 0 in · 0 approved
- Central London#44052 · 0 in · 0 approved
- Farragut Square, Washington DC#44053 · 0 in · 0 approved
- Nicollet Mall, downtown Minneapolis#44054 · 0 in · 0 approved
- Canal Street, New Orleans#44055 · 0 in · 0 approved
What these checks cannot tell: How Polymarket will count metros (one Bay Area or several), what regulators in DC and the UK decide, or whether a city with empty seats opens before Jan 1 rather than after.
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