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Disclosed herein is a method for providing pickup and drop-off services to a user at designated locations using an autonomous vehicle. The method for providing transportation services using an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment includes receiving driving information from a user terminal and identifying a destination on the basis of the received driving information, generating a driving path to the destination and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, identifying a stopping area corresponding to the destination when the autonomous vehicle is within a preset distance from the destination and determining whether stopping is allowed in the identified stopping area, and generating a driving path to the stopping area on the basis of results of the determination, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, or setting a waiting area on the driving path to the destination, generating a driving path to the set waiting area, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle.