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  "slug": "waymo-weekly-paid-rides-2026",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/waymo-weekly-paid-rides-2026/",
  "topic": "service",
  "claim": "Waymo was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across 10 US cities in March 2026, as reported by TechCrunch.",
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    "value": 500000,
    "display": "500,000",
    "unit": "paid rides per week"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "10 US cities",
    "period": "March 2026"
  },
  "measure": "company claim (reported)",
  "confidence": "low",
  "source_type": "secondary",
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    "type": "secondary",
    "kind": "Secondary press reporting a company statement",
    "name": "TechCrunch (reporting a Waymo statement)",
    "title": "Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart",
    "publisher": "TechCrunch",
    "published": "2026-03-27",
    "date_note": null,
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/waymo-skyrocketing-ridership-in-one-chart/",
    "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024121657/https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/waymo-skyrocketing-ridership-in-one-chart/",
    "archived_at": "20261024121657",
    "primary_note": "Waymo post on X, as reported"
  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": null,
  "quote_note": "Not quoted: commercial news article; figure checked against the article text and paraphrased.",
  "caveats": [
    "Secondary source relaying a company post."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).",
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    "checked_at": "2026-10-25T16:31:53.880Z"
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  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Waymo was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across 10 US cities in March 2026, as reported by TechCrunch [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/waymo-weekly-paid-rides-2026/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Waymo was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across 10 US cities in March 2026, as reported by TechCrunch.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/waymo-weekly-paid-rides-2026/.",
    "mla": "“Waymo was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across 10 US cities in March 2026, as reported by TechCrunch.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/waymo-weekly-paid-rides-2026/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_waymo_weekly_paid_rides_2026,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Waymo was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across 10 US cities in March 2026, as reported by TechCrunch}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/waymo-weekly-paid-rides-2026/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: TechCrunch, Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart (2026-03-27). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "TechCrunch. (2026, March 27). Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/waymo-skyrocketing-ridership-in-one-chart/"
  }
}