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'Driverless' cars now offering shuttle service at Pittsburgh International Airport

October 19, 2022 / 9:03 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Remote controlled vehicles part of testing program at airport

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - New technology is now advancing the passenger experience at Pittsburgh International Airport.

The airport now has two "tele-operated" cars taking people to the terminal.

Now, these are different from self-driving cars. According to the airport, fliers needing a ride from the parking lot to the terminal can use an app to hail one of two Kia hatchbacks.

The vehicle's "pilot" is an operator downtown and drives the car to the passenger.

It's all part of a testing program from X-Bridge and Mapless AI.

Pittsburgh International Airport

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.