If you’re on the roads in Phoenix these days, you may have started seeing Waymo vehicles once again on your local freeway, according to a Waymo X post. https://t.co/2OS6q26876 pic.twitter.com/0O9kE7yNGJ — Waymo (@Waymo) July 29, 2026Freeway service from Waymo only rolled out late last year, but judging from social media comments, riders got used to it. Last month, a spokesperson for the robotaxi giant Waymo told Gizmodo it had “voluntarily restricted freeway operations” in May. On the 4th of July, a major traffic snafu was blamed on Waymo when onlookers captured video of Waymo vehicles appearing to block streets just after the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks display. A statement from Waymo just after the July 4 incident said, “On July 4th, extreme traffic congestion in Northern San Francisco disrupted normal operations for several Waymo vehicles.”