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AMPO • 444 North Capital Street NW, Suite 345 • Washington, DC
20001 • tel: 202.624.3680
AMPO Connected & Automated Vehicle Activities
TRB Regional TSMO and NOCoE WebinarMonday, December 18th,
20171:00pm – 2:00pm Eastern
Bill Keyrouze Technical Programs Director, AMPO
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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
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Potential C/AV Benefits
Connected & Automated Vehicles
Safety
Equitable Access
Economic Development
Reduced Fuel
Consumption and
Emissions
Reduced Congestion
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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
Working Group Participants• 15-20 Core Members• Diverse in
MPO-size and Geography• Variety of backgrounds
– Policy– Operations– Modeling– ITS
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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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
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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
Source: http://www.planningsnapshots.camsys.com/ 15
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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%
Source: http://www.planningsnapshots.camsys.com/16
http://www.planningsnapshots.camsys.com/
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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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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Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Planning
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/
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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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