Waymo Robotaxis can now be welcomed by the public in Miami.

The agency said Thursday it will initially open the service on a rolling basis to about 10,000 local residents on its waiting list. Once accepted, riders will be able to hail a Robotaxi within a 60-square-mile service area in Miami that covers neighborhoods such as the Design District, Wynwood, Brickell and Coral Gables.

Waymo said it eventually plans to expand to Miami International Airport, but it didn’t provide a timeline beyond that it’s coming “soon.”

Waymo has had a presence in Miami for months leading up to the commercial launch. After mapping and then testing its autonomous vehicles on Miami’s public streets, the company removed security operators from the fleet in November. Driverless was initially open to employees.

This phased approach is part of Waymo’s launch playbook, and one that’s being implemented far more frequently than it was a year ago. Waymo first opened its Robotaxis in Phoenix in 2020. It expanded to San Francisco and Los Angeles, and eventually It is open to all riders In 2024. As the company continues to expand into those metro areas — pushing into the greater Bay Area and Silicon Valley, for example — it also opens up new markets.

Waymo to launch a robotaxi service in spring 2025 in partnership with Uber in atlanta And Austinand expanded its service area in existing markets Freeway included.

Waymo has an aggressive plan to bring its robotaxi service to nearly a dozen cities over the next year. Those plans include Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Nashville, London, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The company has already begun testing in some of these cities using a mix of its all-electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles and new Zeekr RT vans. Rebranded “Ojai.”

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said during an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt last October that “by the end of 2026, you should expect us to be offering 1 million trips per week.”

The expansion has not been without problems. Residents in cities like San Francisco have captured videos of Waymo cars creating traffic jams, especially during massive power outages in December.

It also got the attention of federal safety regulators.

National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) A preliminary investigation is opened The company pitched in last October with how its robotaxis worked around a stopped school bus in Atlanta. School district officials in Austin have shared videos and complaints about similar cases of Waymo driving past school buses with lights on and stop signs posted.

The company issued a voluntary software recall to address that issue. However, new video, which shows WeMos illegally passing school buses, suggests the problem isn’t solved.