06/30/2026
A new automated driverless car system network has just been unveiled in West Palm Beach. Glydways, a California company that builds autonomous-vehicle networks, has pitched Palm Beach County on a fleet of self-driving cars running along a dedicated, partly elevated roadway connecting the airport to downtown, a roughly four-mile link it says could be running within five years.
Unlike a train, each vehicle would take passengers directly to their chosen stop, riding dedicated paths over or around traffic, with stations proposed at the convention center, CityPlace, the Brightline station, the county courthouse, the NORA District, and the Historic Northwest neighborhood. The company says the dedicated paths cost far less to build than rail, making them more practical as public infrastructure.
County commissioners are set to discuss whether to explore the project on July 7, days before the airport is renamed Donald J. Trump International Airport. Glydways is building similar airport systems in Atlanta and San Jose.
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