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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FUTUREPROBLEM SOLVED OR AUTO-DYSTOPIA
PARTICIPANTS
Public Interest GroupsGovernmental Agencieso Federalo State o MPOo Local
Academia Industry Consultants
GOALS
1. To reduce traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities
2. To improve access for everyone, including all income levels, as well as people of all ages and physical abilities
3. To ensure an equitable transportation system
4. To foster healthy communities
5. To create an environmentally sustainable transportation system
6. To mitigate job loss and to create new well-paying jobs for those displaced
7. To foster sustainable land use development patterns
8. To reduce traffic congestion
9. To ensure sharing of rides as a viable and appealing option with a high level of service
BREAKOUT GROUPS
1. Equity
2. Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled
3. Technology
4. City Government
5. Land use
6. Safety
7. Reducing Greenhouse Gases
8. Goods Movement and Services
TABLE 1
o Describes the policies
o Names the goals that each policy addresses
o Identifies the time frame in which each policy is most relevant
o Lists significant minority opinions to that policy
o Identifies needed information or research to better develop each policy
TABLE 2
o Lists the appropriate roles for each level of government
o Identifies which level of government is appropriate to enact each policy
o Names the responsible party who would implement the policy
o Describes how each policy would be enacted
EQUITY GROUP – KEY RESULTS
o Enable transit operators to administer equitable transit
o Ensure continuation of active transportation
o Prioritize land freed up for housing and other public benefits
o Minimize sprawl
o Enforce ADA provisions
o Create transition and training opportunities for lost jobs
o Project where future jobs will be
o Use pricing structures to ensure equity
REDUCING VMT GROUP– KEY RESULTS
o Involve and educate elected officials and local governments
o Support active transportation
o AVs should be made available on a shared platform
o AV-only zones (downtowns, high pedestrian areas)
o Policies should support AV public transit
o Use AVs for first and last mile
o Transit priority on roadways
o Enable mobility as a service
o Pricing strategies should cover costs, encourage sharing, reduce VMT
TECHNOLOGY GROUP– KEY RESULTS
o Standardize truck platooning nationwide
o Nationalize interoperability of communications technology
o Create a model for data ownership, management, sharing
o Create incentives for AVs to connect to infrastructure and share data
CITY GOVERNMENT GROUP– KEY RESULTS
o Create standards to inventory curb space
o Update municipal curbside ordinances after conducting inventory
o Facilitate dynamic curb use through regs, pricing, time of day
o Prioritize curb space for shared vehicles, people with disabilities
o Manage parking with pricing incentives
o Districtwide shared parking approach
o Price to align with goals (EVs, shared)
o VMT based pricing
o Geofence priority areas for shared
LAND USE GROUP– KEY FINDINGS
o Use fees to reduce zero-occupancy vehicles
o Increase housing in transit neighborhoods
o Transit supportive mixed land use
o Unbundle parking requirements
o Convert parking to redevelopment, green space, mixed use
o Connect communities without compromising rural lifestyle
o Protect rural/resource land for non-urban uses
SAFETY GROUP– KEY POLICIES
o Regulation should be performance based
o Establish safety goals (fatalities per million miles, injuries per million miles, damages)
o Manufacturers are liable by default for all level 4/5 incidents
o Data regulation should focus on incidents, commercially valuable info, transportation planning
o Establish a federal AV cybersecurity body
REDUCING GHG GROUP– KEY RESULTS
o Establish emissions standards for TNCs and fleets
o Link registration fees to GHG
o Ensure that federal policy doesn’t prohibit state and local GHG action
o Electrify freight
o Install EV charging infrastructure with real time pricing
o Require AVs to be electric
GOODS MOVEMENT AND SERVICES GROUP – KEY RESULTS
o Allow large AVs
o Professional driver retraining program
o Research truck size as it relates to roadway damage
o Border crossings for AVs
o Public AV services within public ROW
o Promote development of self-delivery concept for bicycles
SELECTED FEDERAL POLICIES
o Safety regulations
o Ensure that federal policy doesn’t prohibit state and local action on GHGs
o Federal funding for AV transit
o Eliminating age, gender, race/ethnicity, etc. bias in AV programming
o Research job impacts
o Pricing
o Standardization of communications technology
o Data exchange
SELECTED STATE POLICIES
o Ensure access for all income levels
o Education for job transition
o Connect jobs to job training
o Pricing – statewide VMT fee, shared use incentives, GHG emissions
o Data exchange
o Allow flexibility in traffic laws for AVs in unusual circumstances
o Require AVs to be electric
o Allow large AVs
SELECTED MPO POLICIES
o Increase mobility options in suburbs (bike/ped/first & last mile, etc.)
o Prioritize walkable, bikeable, livable communities
o Develop new model for “transit-oriented” services
o Maintain regional database
o Enable Mobility as a Service regionwide
o Incorporate communications technology along streets/roads
o Link regional AV policies with regional transportation plans
o Ensure that transit services all areas
o Use congestion pricing; exempt EVs
SELECTED LOCAL POLICIES
o Make suburbs sustainable
o Use pricing strategies for curbside management, parking, sharing of fleets
o Install communications technology along streets
o Inventory curbside parking
o Install EV charging infrastructure
o Reassess parking requirements
o Education campaign to prepare the public for AVs
o Pricing – revenue sharing with the state and local governments
WEBSITE
o Results in tables
o Previous policy documents
o Other AV documents
o Participant List
www.transpogroup.com/avpolicysummit.html