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Unmanned Aerial Systems/Urban Air Mobility (UAS/UAM) Working Group Webinar

September 17, 2020

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Welcome

Secretary Julie Lorenz Kansas

Department of Transportation

Bobby Walston North Carolina

Department of Transportation

Agenda 1. Welcome & Introductions – Secretary Julie Lorenz, Kansas DOT & Bobby Walston North Carolina DOT (5-min)2. Review of First Meeting – Bobby Walston, North Carolina DOT (10-min)3. Coordinating Committees & Council Updates

Committee Transportation Systems Operations: Russ Buchholz, North Dakota DOT (15-min) Committee Right of Ways and Utilities: Paul Wheeler, Utah DOT (15-min)

4. Preliminary Identification & Prioritization of Issues & Topics – Ben Spain, North Carolina DOT (15-min) Priority Issues/Topics Possible Threshold or Trigger Events Representations to FAA & FHWA (as appropriate)

5. Review Draft Survey – Bobby Walston, North Carolina DOT (5-min)6. Literature Review & Recommended Resources – King Gee, AASHTO (10-min)7. Review Prototype of “CEO Synopsis” – King Gee, AASHTO (10-min)8. Review of assignments – King Gee, AASHTO & Bobby Walston, North Carolina DOT (5-min)9. Next Meeting

Review of First Meeting • Held Friday, June 26, 2020• 25 attended the live session• Overview of UAS and UAM FAA Role Opportunity for State DOT’s North Carolina DOT UAS Program Kansas DOT UAS Program

• Review of Working Group Framework Objectives Deliverables Member Roles & Responsibilities

Emerging Mobility Technologies and Concepts

• Connected and Automated Vehicles (CV/AV) Sponsor: Jennifer Cohan (DE) – Committee on Transportation System Operations

• Unmanned Aerial Systems and Urban Air Mobility (UAS/UAM) Sponsor: Julie Lorenz (KS) – Council on Aviation

• Shared Mobility/Mobility as a Service/Mobility on Demand (MaaS/MoD) Sponsor: Roger Millar (WA) – Council on Public Transportation

• Electric Vehicles (EV) Sponsor: Russell McMurry (GA) – Council on Highways and Streets

Agency Administration

Internal and External Audit

Human Resources

Civil RightsKnowledge Management

Safety

Funding and Finance

Performance-Based

Management

Communications

Data Management and

Analytics

Transportation System Security and Resilience

Planning Environment and Sustainability DesignDesign

Bridges and Structures

Traffic Engineering

Right of Way and Utilities

Materials and Pavements Construction Maintenance

Transportation System

Operations

Rail

Water

Public Transportation

Active Transportation

Transportation Policy Forum

Aviation

Highways and Streets

Program Delivery and Operations Committees:

Enterprise/Cross-Discipline Committees:

Special Committees: Strategic Management

Committee

Executive Committee

Board of Directors

Councils::

Policy Bodies:

AASHTOWare

Research and Innovation

Freight

UAS UAM Inter-Committee Working Group

Working Group Purpose/Objectives

1. Provide timely information to CEOs on emerging areas2. Clarify Issues and Options for state DOTs on emerging

areas3. Facilitate or enable timely engagement of

AASHTO/state DOTs on issues & policiesa) Preserve & energize state DOT prerogatives & relevanceb) Articulate state perspectives – integrated transportation

system

Working Group Member Roles & Responsibilities

1. Working Group a. Participate in periodic conference calls of the working group b. Participate in the development and vetting of informational documents, white

papers, resolutions, etc. 2. Home Committee or Council

a. Present the products of the Working Group to their home committee or council b. Champion activities or work products requested of the home committee or council c. Gather input and represent issues and positions of their home committee or council

3. Home Department a. Understand the context within their state for the emerging mobility area b. Introduce Working Group learnings to appropriate internal staff

Current MembersLeadership• Sponsor: Secretary Julie Lorenz, Kansas DOT, Chair of Council on Aviation • Convener: Bobby Walston, North Carolina DOT

Members• Ben Spain, North Carolina DOT• Basil Yap, North Carolina DOT• Bob Brock, Kansas DOT, Council on Aviation • Bryan Budds, Michigan DOT, Council on Aviation • Chelley Hilmes, Oklahoma DOT, Committee on Funding & Finance• Dale Peabody, Maine DOT • David Fleckenstein, Washington DOT, Council on Aviation • Elizabeth Weight, Utah DOT, TransComm• Gregg Brunner, Michigan DOT, Committee on Transportation System Security & Resilience • Jared Esselman, Utah DOT, Council on Aviation • Michael Keever, Caltrans, Committee on Highway and Streets • Paul Wheeler, Utah DOT, Committee on Right of Way and Utilities • Russ Buchholz, North Dakota DOT, Committee on Transportation Systems Operations • Steve Brian, Georgia DOT• Vitalij Staroverov, Connecticut DOT

AASHTO Liaison • Matt Hardy, Committee on Planning • Kelly Hardy, Committee on Safety

Review Draft Survey

Contact Information

Shayne Gill, Program Director for Multimodal Transportation• [email protected]

Oscar Bermudez, Associate Program Manager for Multimodal Transportation• [email protected]