Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) and Waymo have launched a fully autonomous vehicle service to the general public looking for transportation to and from the airport.
PHX become the first airport in the world to offer travelers the ability to take a Waymo autonomous vehicle as a means of transportation. In early November, Waymo began offering its Trusted Tester participants the opportunity to take autonomous rides to and from downtown Phoenix and the airport with an autonomous specialist in the vehicle.
Now, Waymo has removed the autonomous specialist from the vehicle and anyone can hail a Waymo to ride between the airport and downtown Phoenix. Waymo also more than doubled the Waymo One service area in Downtown Phoenix, connecting to a large swath of the downtown area, offering safe and convenient mobility options.
“Phoenix is leading the future of mobility and modernizing how the world will experience travel,” said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. “The exciting technology offers our customers an additional option for traveling to the airport in a clean, sustainable, and technologically advanced mode of transportation. The future has arrived in Phoenix!”
Rides are available 24 hours, seven days a week in Waymo’s fully electric Jaguar I-PACE equipped with the fifth generation Waymo Driver. At the airport, pickups and drop-offs occur at the 44th Street PHX Sky Train Station where travelers can hop on the free PHX Sky Train to the terminals.
