The technology involves identifying suitable pickup and drop-off locations based on detected pedestrian walking paths. Mapped areas have specific physical configurations, which may suggest places to pick up or drop off a rider (or a delivery). However, rel...

An operation management apparatus operates a plurality of vehicles by autonomous driving. The operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon identifying that a reservation holder who has reserved a route on which a plura...

The technology involves to pickups performed by autonomous vehicles. In particular, it includes identifying one or more potential pullover locations adjacent to an area of interest that an autonomous vehicle is approaching. The vehicle detects that a given...