{"id":145181,"date":"2026-02-25T20:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145181\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:01:08","slug":"self-driving-shuttles-to-be-tested-out-at-newark-liberty-international-airport-port-authority-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145181\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-driving shuttles to be tested out at Newark Liberty International Airport, Port Authority says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it will test out self-driving shuttles at Newark Liberty International Airport this spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shuttles will run between Newark Airport&#8217;s existing facilities and a\u00a0new AirTain system under construction. The AirTrain is set to open in 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55106922624-d543168516-o.png#.png\" alt=\"55106922624-d543168516-o.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  An autonomous vehicle being to be tested at Newark Liberty International Airport\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Glydways<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been working with self-driving technology successfully for many years, particularly at the airports, and believe autonomous shuttles offer a safe, efficient solution for moving passengers while we concurrently work to build a new AirTrain Newark and the brand-new Terminal B,&#8221; said Port Authority Chairman Kevin O&#8217;Toole. &#8220;These tests this spring will enable us to build on our knowledge and prior experiences working with self-driving shuttles and create a highly customized journey that will be unique to Newark Liberty and tailored to our passengers&#8217; needs.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Autonomous vehicles are in use around the world and around the country, and they are part of the modern travel experience whether in a private car, a for-hire vehicle or on public transit,&#8221; said Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia. &#8220;We are building a new Newark Liberty that meets the demands of the next generation of travel, so we must embrace a future that is inclusive of all the different ways we can move this region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55106665921-2b2bfeede9-o.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"55106665921-2b2bfeede9-o.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Ohmio<\/p>\n<p>The shuttles will be zero-emission electric vehicles, and will tested out in an area that&#8217;s not accessible to the public. Three different companies will get two-week trials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The three companies having shuttles tested out are Oceaneering, Ohmio and Glydways. The tests will run from March to late May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the Port Authority&#8217;s first experiment with autonomous vehicles. In 2024, autonomous vehicles took passengers at John F. Kennedy International Airport to a long-term parking lot, for example.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The effort to replace AirTrain Newark began last October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it will test out self-driving shuttles at Newark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,1187,12621],"class_list":{"0":"post-145181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-newark-liberty-international-airport","12":"tag-port-authority"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}