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

3. 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.”

4. The Race to Driverless

5. The Race to Driverless
Source: Morgan Stanley

6. Driverless Vehicles Today

7. Imagine….

8. Scenario 1…

9. Scenario 2…

10. Potential Future Scenarios

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

12. The Potential for Transit…

13. Improved Safety…

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

15. First/last mile solutions
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

16. But…

17. There’s New Competition…

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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Contact Lauren Isaac
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Guide: Driving Towards Driverless: A Guide for Government Agencies
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