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AMPO Connected & Automated Vehicle Activities

TRB Regional TSMO and NOCoE WebinarMonday, December 18th, 20171:00pm – 2:00pm Eastern

Bill Keyrouze Technical Programs Director, AMPO

About AMPO

AMPO is a nonprofit, membership organization established in 1994 to serve the needs and interests of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).

AMPO offers its member MPOs technical assistance and training, conferences and workshops, legislative and rulemaking updates, newsletters and communications, research, a forum for transportation policy development and coalition building, and a variety of other services.

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AMPO Technical Working Groups

AMPO facilitates several long-standing technical working groups focused on transportation planning topic areas that are required or of interest to MPOs.

• Air Quality • Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning• Performance-based Planning & Programming• Travel Modeling• Environmental Justice• Public Involvement

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AMPO Technical Working Groups

Build Capacity

Advance Practice

Peer Exchange

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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning

The working group serves as a mechanism to:

• Build technical, institutional, and policy capacity

• Identify and leverage C/AV benefits• Address knowledge gaps• Advance C/AV in planning• Support USDOT, State DOT, MPO,

and Stakeholder C/AV efforts

Potential C/AV Benefits

Connected & Automated Vehicles

Safety

Equitable Access

Economic Development

Reduced Fuel

Consumption and

Emissions

Reduced Congestion

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Working Group Participants• 15-20 Core Members• Diverse in MPO-size and Geography• Variety of backgrounds

– Policy– Operations– Modeling– ITS

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Working Group Activities:Four Working Group MeetingsFirst Meeting: April 2017 (MPO focus)Second Meeting: July/August 2017 (State

DOT/MPO focus)Third Meeting: November 2017

(Federal/State DOT/MPO focus)Fourth Meeting: Early 2018 (Private

Sector) Summer/Fall 2018 National Symposium

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Work Group Meeting #1Identifying the Challenges, Opportunities, and Current State of Practice

– Goals Identify current policy, practice, and

activities at MPOs Identify challenges and needs Identify opportunities Identify next steps

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Work Group Meeting #1Challenges, needs, and opportunities

Unknowns and uncertainty Incorporate a future with C/AV technology

into the long-range planning process, scenario planning, and MPO products

Data Prolific amount of data from a diverse

range of sources Who has access?Who is responsible?

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Managing perceptions and expectationsMPO stakeholders have a wide range of

knowledge and views towards C/AVs

Staying informed Pilots, test beds, and research, legislation

and policy formation, and industry progress occurring nationwide at a fast pace

MPO Technical, Institutional, and Policy Capacity Building technical, institutional, and policy

capacity

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Regulations and GuidanceDSRC, Data, CAFE StandardsAt the national level from the USDOT

and its operating administrations and Congress to ensure consistent implementation/deployment of C/AV technologyRegional and State level consistency

and coordinationBuilding Partnerships

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Manufacturer Commitments

13WSP: Planning for AVs, July 2017; Mashable June 2016

SEMCOG “Pulse of the Region” Survey

• Most respondents (43%) believe fully-autonomous self-driving cars will be available to the public in the next 6-10 years (20% within next 5 years)

• 43% described their level of comfort riding in a fully-autonomous, self-driving car as “Apprehensive, but would give it a try”

• 54% of respondents are willing to wait for prices to lower before purchasing a vehicle with semi-autonomous features

Source: SEMCOG and MAC “Pulse of the Region” Survey on Semi- and Fully-Autonomous Vehicles, 2017

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NCHRP Planning Snapshot #11

How have elected officials, decision makers, or agency executives responded to C/AV issues in your state or region?

• Supportive • Too Early to Tell• Uninformed but Curious

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NCHRP Planning Snapshot #11

How would you best describe your agency’s level of engagement with connected and autonomous vehicles?

– Passively Engaged 37%– Actively Engaged 33%– Early Adopter 7%– Leader 14%

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Working Group Meeting #2Navigating National Deployment: Coordination with Other Transportation Agencies and Risk Management

Because the full range of implications of C/AV technology is unknown, the group posed several questions and identified the following risks for further exploration:

Safety Environmental Justice and Equity Stakeholder expectations, acceptance, and

unpredictability Data Sharing Incorporation into Current Planning Process and

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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle PlanningWorking Group Meeting #3Planning for C/AV Deployment: The Federal Perspective and MPO Coordination

Meeting #3 provided an opportunity for a roundtable discussion regarding C/AV related activities with several Federal offices and agencies, including the following:

• EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality• FHWA Office of Infrastructure • FHWA Office of Operations• FHWA Office of Planning• FHWA Office of Policy• FHWA Resource Center• FTA Office of Research• USDOT ITS Joint Program Office

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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle PlanningWorking Group Meeting #3Planning for C/AV Deployment: Stakeholder Collaboration and Coordination

Meeting #3 also provided an opportunity for a roundtable discussion regarding C/AV related activities with several stakeholder organizations, including the following:

• I-95 Corridor Coalition• WSP on behalf of the TRB Regional TSMO CAV Subcommittee• Transportation Research Board• ENO Transportation Foundation• National Association of Regional Councils• American Public Transportation Association• National Association of Development Organizations• Conference on Minority Officials

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Working Group Meeting #4Planning for C/AV Deployment: Stakeholder Collaboration and Coordination

In early 2018 the Working Group will meet with members of the private sector to discuss the public sector and private sector roles and responsibilities as well as potential coordination and collaboration.

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All of the whitepapers and meeting materials can be found on the AMPO website at www.ampo.org.

Whitepapers will culminate in a Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning Framework for MPOs.

Stay tuned for details regarding the 2018 AMPO C/AV Symposium.

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http://www.ampo.org/

Other Upcoming C/AV Related ActivitiesSunday, January 7th1:30 PM – 4:30 PMWar Games Come to TRB: May the Best Plan for Connecting Technology and Policy Win (Workshop 146; ABC10, ABC20, ABE30, ADA10, and ADD10)

Monday, January 8th8:00 AM – 9:45 AMMetropolitan Policy Considerations for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Part 1: Planning and Automation (Lectern Session 265; ADA20)10:15 AM – 12:00 PMMetropolitan Policy Considerations for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Part 2: MPO Strategies (Lectern Session 202; ADA20)

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Contact Information

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