How fast can delivery robots go? Speed limits by city
Delivery robot speed limits are set locally, corridor by corridor, not by one national rule. DEPLOY tracks 8 delivery corridors across 8 cities with a speed limit on record. Caps run from 3 mph (San Francisco) to 12 mph (Miami). Below is every corridor, its recorded cap, and the permit authority or statute that sets it. Corridors with no limit on record are marked honestly, not guessed.
Compiled from each corridor's recorded speed cap and its governing authority. How we verify.
Speed limits are local, not national
There is no single US speed limit for delivery robots. A corridor's cap comes from the city permit authority that governs it or from a state personal-delivery-device statute. That is why the same robot model can be allowed a different top speed in two different cities. Each row below carries the specific authority behind its number.
Delivery robot speed limits by corridor
Every DEPLOY-tracked delivery corridor, ranked by its recorded speed cap (fastest first). The Authority column links the permit body or statute that sets the limit. Corridor names link to the full corridor record. Cells marked "Not on record" have no speed limit in the registry.
| Corridor | City | Speed limit | Governing authority / statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | Miami, FL | 12 mph | State of Florida (Florida Statutes 316.2071) Fla. Stat. 316.2071 (PDD); Fla. Stat. 316.85 (AV operation) |
| Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | 12 mph | State of Arizona (Arizona Revised Statutes 28-8253) ARS 28-8253 (PDD); AZ Executive Order 2015-04 (AV) |
| Austin | Austin, TX | 10 mph | State of Texas (Texas Transportation Code Ch. 552A preempts city regulation) TX Transp Code Ch. 552A (PDD); SB 2807 (2025, AV ride-hailing); SB 2205 (2017, AV testing) |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas, TX | 10 mph | State of Texas (Texas Transportation Code Ch. 552A preempts city regulation) TX Transp Code Ch. 552A (PDD); TDLR AV permit; FAA Part 135 (Wing drones) |
| Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | 7 mph | State of Georgia (HB 986 / O.C.G.A. 40-6-320) O.C.G.A. 40-6-320 (PDD, amended HB 986 2026); O.C.G.A. 40-6-361 (AV) |
| Chicago | Chicago, IL | 5 mph | Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) Municipal Code of Chicago, PDD Pilot Program (Emerging Business Permit); 625 ILCS 5/11-208 (AV testing) |
| LA: West Side | Los Angeles, CA | 5 mph | LADOT LAMC Sec. 71.30 (Ord. 20-1328); WeHo Ord. (May 2025); CPUC Decision 23-08-006 |
| SF Core | San Francisco, CA | 3 mph | San Francisco Public Works SF Public Works Code Sec. 794 (Ord. 190-17); CPUC Decision 23-08-006 (robotaxi) |
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Every speed limit on this page is the value held for that corridor in the DEPLOY registry, sourced to its governing permit authority or statute. Counts and the fastest/slowest range are derived from the corridor records themselves. Corridors with no speed limit on record are marked as such, never given a guessed figure. How we verify
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