SAN FRANCISCO — Stephanie, a tech worker in San Francisco, was drawn to the robot taxis that Alphabet’s Waymo operates in the city because she felt more secure without a human driver.

To check out one of the robotaxi companies now operating in the USA, The Providence Journal sent reporter Paul Edward Parker on a roughly one-hour Waymo ride in San Francisco, with a stop at the ...

To start a human-driver ride-hail business seems a bit behind the times, especially when you consider what Waymo is doing with its driverless fleet around San Francisco. Of course, it's also ...