Waymo has years of experience operating a fully autonomous fleet across multiple cities in the United States. The promises of safety, accessibility and sustainability of automated driving systems go hand in hand with both the technological feasibility and public acceptance. In this presentation, Dr Favaro will present an overview of the criteria that ground deployment decisions for the Waymo Driver. The presentation will also feature a discussion of the careful decision-making governance framework in place at Waymo to responsibly evaluate autonomous driving configurations. An example criterion will anchor a brief deeper dive to showcase the application of the presented concepts.