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How Transit Agencies Can Plan for Driverless Cars

Learn how transit agencies can prepare for the imminent arrival of driverless vehicles, the potential impacts on safety, mobility, and urban sprawl, and key strategies to embrace this transformative technology.

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How Transit Agencies Can Plan for Driverless Cars

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  1. How Transit Agencies Can Plan for Driverless Cars Lauren Isaac WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Manager of Sustainable Transportation San Francisco, California

  2. Driverless Vehicle Definition NHTSA defines “Full Self-Driving Automation” as: “designed to perform all safety-critical driving functions and monitor roadway conditions for an entire trip. Such a design anticipates that the driver will provide destination or navigation input, but is not expected to be available for control at any time during the trip.”

  3. The Race to Driverless

  4. The Race to Driverless Source: Morgan Stanley

  5. Driverless Vehicles Today

  6. Imagine….

  7. Scenario 1…

  8. Scenario 2…

  9. Potential Future Scenarios

  10. Driverless Nightmare Driverless Utopia Safety VMT GHG Emissions Urban Sprawl Req’ts Parking No Change Roadway Maintenance Req’ts Low Income Mobility Scenarios Comparison

  11. The Potential for Transit…

  12. Improved Safety…

  13. Reduced Car Ownership… …increasingly became this What if this…

  14. And more… • First/last mile solutions • More seamless integration with other transportation modes • More cost-effective paratransit • Decreased labor costs • More data available to support planning

  15. But…

  16. There’s New Competition…

  17. And other challenges… Willingness to Change Workforce Skillset Inflexible Policies/Plans Adoption Speed Pricing Labor Unions

  18. What can transit agencies do today? • Incorporate into strategic/long-range plans • Update policies to be more flexible • Build awareness: educate staff • Establish partnerships with private sector • Support advancement (testing) of technology

  19. Key Presentation Take-Aways • Driverless vehicles are coming soon! • Transit service today will not compete with what’s coming • Transit agencies have many opportunities to leverage the driverless technology • Barriers exist to take advantage of these opportunities

  20. Contact Lauren Isaac • Email: isaac@pbworld.com • Phone: 415-815-8200 • Guide: Driving Towards Driverless: A Guide for Government Agencies • Blog: www.drivingtowardsdriverless.com • Twitter: @DriverlessLau

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