This system promises to end nail-biting traffic congestion, delivering a rail-like capacity at bus-fare prices without the traditional cost or construction timelines.

Glydways, the California company behind the technology, broke ground on the pilot loop recently. The initial 0.5-mile (0.8-km) guideway connects the ATL SkyTrain at the Georgia International Convention Center to the Gateway Center Arena, and marks the worldwide debut for the company's Automated Transit Network system. It's a free public test service scheduled to launch in December 2026.

The Glydways automated transit network is designed to be fully accessible and on-demand 24/7 - Glydways

The company argues that cities need "net-new capacity" – additional transportation bandwidth that doesn't compete with what's already there. "Just putting autonomous vehicles on open roads doesn't actually solve congestion," Mark Seeger, Glydways' co-CEO and founder, explained in a recent interview. "In many cities, it makes it worse."