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Vehicle Automation at the ITF Recent Work and Future Activities

Learn about the International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation and their recent studies on the urban impacts and regulations for vehicle automation. Gain insights into the policy implications, key findings, and future activities in this field. Contact Tom Voege, Transport Analyst at the International Transport Forum for more information.

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Vehicle Automation at the ITF Recent Work and Future Activities

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  1. Vehicle Automation at the ITFRecent Work and Future Activities Tom Voege, Transport Analyst International Transport Forum The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation 04.10.2015

  2. Intergovernmental Organisation • 57 member countries (23 non-OECD) • Administratively integrated with OECD • Only transport body with a mandate for all modes

  3. Think Tank • Policy research and analysis, statistics and data • Collaborative projects with renowned experts on wide range of issues • Some outputs: Publications, Policy Briefs, Statistics Briefs, background documents for annual summits

  4. The Annual Summit • Held every May in Leipzig, Germany, on a strategic theme • Ministers are joined by business leaders, civil society, international organisations, research community • Outputs help advance and guide transport policy for 21st Century

  5. Recent ITF Studies on Vehicle Automation

  6. Urban Impacts of Vehicle Automation

  7. Key Message #1

  8. Key Message #2

  9. Key Message #3

  10. Key Findings • Nearly the same mobility can be delivered with 10% of the cars • The overall volume of car travel will likely increase • Impacts on congestion depend on system configuration • Reduced parking needs will free up significant public& private space • Ride sharing replaces more vehicles than car sharing • Size of the fleet influenced by the availability of public transport • Managing the transition will be challenging

  11. Policy Insights • Self-driving vehicles could change current public transport • The potential impact of self-driving shared fleets on urban mobility is significant, shaped by policy choices and deployment options • Active management is needed to lock in the benefits of freed space • Improvements in road safety are almost certain, the environmental benefits will depend on vehicle technology • New vehicle types and business models will be required • Public transport, taxi and urban transport governance have to adapt • Mixing fleets of shared self-driving vehicles and privately-owned cars will not deliver the same benefits but it still remains attractive

  12. Regulations for Vehicle Automation

  13. Range of Regulatory Tools

  14. Key Findings • Automated driving technologies are mostly mature and some autonomous driving is here already • Self-driving cars seem a near-term possibility, but their range of capabilities is unclear • Road safety expected to improve, but this effect remains untested at a large scale and may not be immediate or linear • Many possible technological configurations for autonomous driving • Use and business cases are closely linked to automation pathways • Some regulatory frameworks are being developed for prototype testing, but not for future use cases

  15. Policy Insights • Automated driving comprises a diverse set of emerging concepts that must be understood individually and as part of broader trends toward automation and connectivity • Uncertainty on market deployment strategies and pathways to automation complicates the regulatory task • Incrementally shifting the driving task from humans to machines will require changes in insurance • The shift from human to machine may have an impact on what product information developers and manufacturers of autonomous vehicles share and with whom • Regulators and developers to actively plan to minimise legacy risks

  16. Future ITF Activities on Vehicle Automation • Roundtable on cooperative systems and automated driving (2016) • Development of the CPB Work Programme • Development of the JTRC Work Programme • Country-specific projects (Case Specific Policy Analysis) • Overlap with other ongoing topics • Big data/ open data • Shared mobility concepts (including vehicle automation) • Heavy vehicle safety (including HGV automation) • Smart use of roads/ optimising urban spaces

  17. Contact Information Tom VOEGE Transport Analyst - Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) International Transport Forum Tel: +33 (0) 1 45 24 97 24 Fax: +33 (0) 1 45 24 13 22 tom.voege@oecd.org www.internationaltransportforum.org

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