Headline, June 20 2026/ D-TAXIS : ''' BLIND STUDENTS BLISS '''

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''' BLIND STUDENTS BLISS '''

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DRIVERLESS TAXIS WIN OVER Blind riders - blind students. For the visually impaired - Waymo vehicles can bring a sense of independence.

Ruben Brunt hopped off a ferry - tapped his white cane against the sidewalk and held his phone to his ear to listen for directions. His destination was a white jaguar idling a few blocks away - with no one behind the wheel.

Mr. Brunt, 28, was born with a rare eye disorder. He can't drive himself and had never experienced the feeling of being alone in a car - until Waymo's self-driving vehicles started navigating San Francisco's hilly streets two years ago.

Now Mr. Brunt will occasionally make the hourlong journey across the bay from his home in Solano County, Calif., just to ride in one.

'' It's that feeling of independence and actually having the control, '' he said. '' Being able to play whatever music you want, feeling like you're in your own car.''

With hubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Waymo and its autonomous vehicle fleet have sometimes been a target of frustration and conflict, trapping riders when attacked, stalling during power outages and even killing a beloved neighborhood cat.

But with the largest population of blind people in the United States, California has also seen the robot taxis offer something unexpected and joyous to the visually impaired - an opportunity for solitude in the streets.

'' I don't have to talk to another human being, '' said  Sarah Fumes Funes, a South San Francisco resident who is partially blind and partially paralyzed from a brain tumor.. '' I get in a car, and I'm just alone.''

Another benefit is that driverless cars don't discriminate, Ms. Funes said. She often posts online about human rideshare drivers who refuse to transport her service dog, despite policies requiring them to accommodate service animals.

Claire Stanley, who is legally blind uses a guide dog, she had also had to ''battle'' for Uber and Lyft drivers to pick her up at home in Washington D.C.

When she travels to a city with autonomous ride shares, she and her dog, a yellow Labrador named Tulane, jump into them without a struggle.

'' When you don't have a driver, there's no driver to say no,'' she said.

Waymo has worked to bolster its popularity among riders with disabilities by partnering with several organizations to solicit feedback, including the American Council for the blind.

The company has also financially contributed to some of those organizations, and has shared the experiences of blind riders in public relations campaigns designed to counter negative perceptions of its cars.

Mr. Brunt dreams of owning a driverless car one day so that he can always travel on his own terms, he said.

On a drizzly day in April, Mr. Brunt was heading to the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.  

He had some trouble finding his Waymo's precise location, so he pressed a button on his app to play a melody from the car and followed the noise.

He hopped into the passenger seat, and his Spotify account immediately to the car's stereo system, blasting his electronic music.

As the steering wheel began to turn, moving the car onto the road, Mr. Brunt, ready to enjoy the ride, leaned his seat back and fiddled with the temperature until it was just right.

'' That feeling of independence is amazing,'' he said. '' It's something I never thought I would have growing up.''

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