October 12, 2026
#cargolite#passengerroutes

🚕 Passenger Routes (ATS) + CargoLite Extended | Preview

A brand-new passenger transport mod for American Truck Simulator is now in development!

After working on passenger transportation for ETS2 with CargoLite, I'm now bringing a similar experience to American Truck Simulator, with a new mod focused entirely on realistic passenger routes.

Unlike ETS2, ATS already has a cargo system suitable for cars and smaller vehicles thanks to the Road Trip DLC. Because of this, there's no need to create another CargoLite-style cargo system.

Instead, this new mod will focus exclusively on passenger transportation, introducing different types of passenger jobs and dedicated locations across the ATS map.

📍 Four Different Passenger Locations

One of the main features will be the introduction of four different company types, designed specifically for passenger transportation:

  • ✈️ Airport – Passenger pickups and drop-offs at airports, perfect for airport transfers.

  • 🏢 Business – Transport business clients and VIP passengers between professional locations.

  • 🚕 Pickup Point – Dedicated passenger pickup and drop-off locations for Uber-style rides and other passenger services.

  • 🏨 Hotel – Pick up and drop off hotel guests, tourists and business travelers.

These locations will act as passenger transport companies within the ATS job system (dispatch market for ats road trip dlc), allowing routes to feel much more natural than traditional cargo deliveries.

Each company type will also have its own logo, making the different passenger locations easy to recognize on the map and within the job system.

The goal is to make passenger transportation feel like an actual service rather than simply delivering cargo from one company to another.

🚗 Different Types of Passenger Jobs

The mod is planned to include several passenger transportation services, such as:

  • Uber Rides – Regular passenger trips between different pickup and drop-off locations.

  • Airport Passengers – Transport travelers to and from airports.

  • VIP Transfers – Drive business clients and VIP passengers between hotels, airports and business locations.

  • & many more

By combining these different job types with the four dedicated location categories, I want to create a more believable passenger transport network across the ATS map.

🇪🇺 What About CargoLite Extended for ETS2?

CargoLite Extended for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is also still actively in development!

Both projects will use the same passenger location system, featuring the four company types:

  • ✈️ Airport

  • 🏢 Business

  • 🚕 Pickup Point

  • 🏨 Hotel

The company icons and logos will also be identical in both mods, creating a consistent passenger transportation system across ETS2 and ATS.

For ETS2, these locations will be integrated into CargoLite Extended, the optional ProMods-based expansion that introduces custom passenger pickup and drop-off locations directly on the map.

The regular CargoLite – Cars & Vans version will remain available without requiring ProMods.

Both projects are being developed alongside each other, and progress on the passenger location system will benefit both games.

🛠️ Development Progress & Future Plans

This is still a very early work-in-progress, and there's plenty of development and testing ahead.

My current focus is on creating and integrating the four passenger company types into ATS and making sure the different passenger routes work correctly.

At the same time, work on CargoLite Extended for ETS2 is continuing, with more custom passenger locations planned across western Germany, the Benelux region and eventually other parts of the ProMods map.

The plan is to gradually expand both passenger networks, adding more locations, routes and variety over time.

Since these systems involve custom map locations and quite a bit of testing, development will happen step by step rather than trying to cover the entire map immediately.

🗺️ Planned Map Coverage for Version 1.0

For the initial releases, I'm planning to focus on selected regions in both games rather than trying to cover the entire map at once.

🇺🇸 Passenger Routes – ATS | Version 1.0

The first release is planned to include passenger locations and routes across five US states:

  • Illinois

  • Iowa

  • Louisiana

  • Arkansas

  • Missouri

🇪🇺 CargoLite Extended – ETS2 | Version 1.0

The initial release is planned to cover Germany and the Benelux countries:

  • Germany

  • Netherlands

  • Belgium

  • Luxembourg

Both mods will feature the same four passenger location types, using identical company icons and logos for a consistent experience across ATS and ETS2.

These are the currently planned regions for Version 1.0, with additional locations and routes planned for future updates.

Please keep in mind that both projects are still WIP. Features, map coverage and release plans may change depending on development progress and testing.

This is only the first preview, and I'll share more progress as development continues!

More soon! 🚗📍

MarcOT