The changes coming from the auto industry’s evolution to fully electric, interconnected, and electronically controlled autonomous vehicles (AV) will necessitate tremendous planning by public agencies and immense changes in the way we live. While this evolution will bring improvement to our mobility, comfort, and social inclusion, there will be some drawbacks and unintended consequences. In addition to new practices for use, capacity, and the design of transportation infrastructure, we’ll need new rules, policies, and regulations. Policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels are not moving as rapidly as the technology is advancing. So what needs to be done to accelerate our efforts to catchup? This presentation will provide information about what has been achieved and what is in process at the federal, state, and local levels. We’ll discuss the changes that AV technology will require public works transportation planners to consider; the resources available from national associations, research institutes, and industry groups; and the latest approaches by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Learning Objectives:

1. Prepare for AV technology and it’s in-depth social, mobility, and economic impacts.

2. Find information about the fast-approaching and critical impacts of the AV industry on public agencies’ current rules and regulations.

3. Accelerate efforts to plan for and update policies, rules, regulations to address the soon-coming mass production of Autonomous Vehicles.

Contributor/Source

Sam Yaghmaie P.E., LEED AP

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