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Where Mesa officials want Waymos to go next

The company announced recently that it's adding 55 square miles of the East Valley to its service area.

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Waymo is about to add rides to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mesa Gateway Airport" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/08/13/waymo-phoenix-east-valley-expansion-chandler-gilbert-gateway-airport" data-vars-content-id="f6b0eef9-fca6-47ad-b266-9d6370687bc3" data-vars-headline="Where Mesa officials want Waymos to go next" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/08/13/waymo-phoenix-east-valley-expansion-chandler-gilbert-gateway-airport" target="_self">Mesa Gateway Airport</a>, but Mesa officials want the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="robotaxi company" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/waymo-robotaxis-av-crash-study" data-vars-content-id="f6b0eef9-fca6-47ad-b266-9d6370687bc3" data-vars-headline="Where Mesa officials want Waymos to go next" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/waymo-robotaxis-av-crash-study" target="_self">robotaxi company</a> to move farther east into the city. Why it matters: Even though the expansion gives more East Valley residents ridehail options to the airport, large residential areas of Mesa still remain outside its service territory.

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