Metro area · CBSA 10580
Robotaxis in Albany
Albany, NY has no robotaxi service or permits tracked yet.
Scores
How Albany Scores
Scored 0 to 100 for robotaxi potential from public data: demand, revenue, weather and regulation.
Before the legal gate this market scores 45.7. Regulation level 1 (the cited regulation): driverless paid service is not allowed yet, so the total is multiplied by 0.4.
- Demand30%56
- Revenue20%64
- Competition15%—
Held at 50 in Potential mode; Live scores measure competition.
- Operability15%22
- Regulation20%27
The 11 inputs, each with its percentile and source
| Input | Value | Percentile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households without a cardemand | 10.1% | 89 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Metro populationdemand | 913k | 35 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Population-weighted densitydemand | 3,115/sq mi | 46 | www2.census.gov· Jan 2026high |
| Residents aged 18-34demand | 23.8% | 70 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Airport passengers per residentdemand | 1.6 per resident | 38 | services.arcgis.com· Apr 2025high |
| Median household incomerevenue | $86,637 | 63 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Driver hourly payrevenue | $17.90/hr | 65 | data.bls.gov· May 2025high |
| Days with 1 inch or more of snowoperability · lower is better | 14.6 days/yr | 12 | ncei.noaa.gov· May 2021high |
| Days with 0.5 inch or more of rainoperability · lower is better | 27.5 days/yr | 49 | ncei.noaa.gov· May 2021high |
| Days with fogoperability · lower is better | 58.2 days/yr | 6 | ncei.noaa.gov· Jan 2026medium |
| Regulatory opennessregulation | 62.0 pts | 27 | techcrunch.com· Feb 2026medium |
Percentiles compare this metro with the 100 US metros. See the methodology for every metric and the full rankings.
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Service
Who Runs Robotaxis Here
No robotaxi operator serves or tests here yet.
Fares
Known Fares and Figures
No published fares yet for this market. Operators do not publish city-level prices.
Rules
Regulation
Safety driver required
New York withdrew its robotaxi expansion proposal on 19 Feb 2026; state law still requires a driver.
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