Discover how technology vendors can support the growth of smart transportation as SLED Consultant Rachel Eckert shares what’s driving state and local transportation initiatives and what transportation systems of the future look like.
DOT Smart Cities Initiative
Federal Mobility Data Helps State, Local Governments to Make More Intelligent Transportation Systems http://www.govtech.com/fs/Federal-Mobility-Data-Helps-State-Local-Governments-to-Make-More-Intelligent-Transportation-Systems.html
The Smart Cities Challenge, a competition helping medium-sized cities to transform the way their residents get around, was ultimately awarded to Columbus, Ohio, which focused its efforts on creating an inclusive mobility system that connects traditionally underserved communities to job centers.
California Transportation Plan 2040 http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/californiatransportationplan2040/2040.html
Mobile applications that consolidate transit ticketing, routes, and timetables to promote user-friendly ridership is an example of streamlined technology
Three Revolutions Turning the Transportation World Upside-Down http://www.govtech.com/fs/Three-Revolutions-Turning-the-Transportation-World-Upside-Down.html
Three Revolutions Turning the Transportation World Upside-Down http://www.govtech.com/fs/Three-Revolutions-Turning-the-Transportation-World-Upside-Down.html
Less than six months ago, 150 representatives from various organizations — including the California Governor’s Office; Austin, Texas; several University of California campuses; Google X; Uber and Lyft, among many others — gathered in Sacramento, Calif., to discuss the three revolutions taking place in transportation: sharing, electrification and automation.
The meeting, hosted by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) through its 3 Revolutions Policy Initiative, explored the key policies and strategies surrounding potential synergies among electrification, automation and vehicle sharing, and how best to guide those policies to serve the public interest.
Following the conference, the group conducted an informal survey that garnered 40 responses from policymakers, researchers and representatives from interest groups — most of whom agreed that fully driverless vehicles will make up more than 20 percent of cars on the road in less than 25 years.
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Three Revolutions Turning the Transportation World Upside-Down http://www.govtech.com/fs/Three-Revolutions-Turning-the-Transportation-World-Upside-Down.html
Less than six months ago, 150 representatives from various organizations — including the California Governor’s Office; Austin, Texas; several University of California campuses; Google X; Uber and Lyft, among many others — gathered in Sacramento, Calif., to discuss the three revolutions taking place in transportation: sharing, electrification and automation.
The meeting, hosted by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) through its 3 Revolutions Policy Initiative, explored the key policies and strategies surrounding potential synergies among electrification, automation and vehicle sharing, and how best to guide those policies to serve the public interest.
Following the conference, the group conducted an informal survey that garnered 40 responses from policymakers, researchers and representatives from interest groups — most of whom agreed that fully driverless vehicles will make up more than 20 percent of cars on the road in less than 25 years.
Driverless Trucks: How Taking the Drivers Out of the Cab Will Impact Trucking http://www.govtech.com/fs/Driverless-Trucks-How-Taking-the-Drivers-Out-of-the-Cab-Will-Impact-Trucking.html
From completely driverless big rigs to platooned trucks that could be manned by a single driver and eventually automated, the testing is underway.
Federal Mobility Data Helps State, Local Governments to Make More Intelligent Transportation Systems http://www.govtech.com/fs/Federal-Mobility-Data-Helps-State-Local-Governments-to-Make-More-Intelligent-Transportation-Systems.html
The Connected Vehicle Pilots began in 2016, and awarded three cooperative agreements collectively worth more than $45 million to initiate a Design/Build/Test phase of the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program in three sites: Wyoming, New York City and Tampa, Fla.
Reliable, Connected Infrastructure Is Vital to the Future of Autonomous Vehicles (Industry Perspective) http://www.govtech.com/fs/perspectives/Reliable-Connected-Infrastructure-Is-Vital-to-the-Future-of-Autonomous-Vehicles.html
But in order for autonomous driving to evolve from a sci-fi, futuristic possibility to widespread reality, the technology outside the car will be as critical as the technology inside the car.
Regulating industry
California DMV Gives Apple Permission to Test Driverless Cars http://www.govtech.com/fs/California-DMV-Gives-Apple-Permission-to-Test-Driverless-Cars.html
Virginia Lawmakers Take Hands-Off Approach on Autonomous Vehicles to Encourage Innovation http://www.govtech.com/fs/Virginia-Lawmakers-Take-Hands-Off-Approach-on-Autonomous-Vehicles-to-Encourage-Innovation.html
Who Should Regulate Cybersecurity for Connected Cars? http://www.govtech.com/fs/transportation/Who-Should-Regulate-Cybersecurity-for-Connected-Cars.html
“If hackers access the critical systems of a car or plane, disaster could ensue and our public safety could be compromised,” Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said in a release while reintroducing the Security and Privacy in Your Car (SPY Car) Act. “We must ensure that as technologies change, our safety and privacy is maintained.”
As more sensors and devices for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication are added, they all “add another attack vector,” said Sam Lauzon, a senior engineer at the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute. “Security was, at one point, an afterthought.”
Virginia Lawmakers Take Hands-Off Approach on Autonomous Vehicles to Encourage Innovation http://www.govtech.com/fs/Virginia-Lawmakers-Take-Hands-Off-Approach-on-Autonomous-Vehicles-to-Encourage-Innovation.html
(San Francisco) 2040 Transportation Plan http://www.sfcta.org/san-francisco-transportation-plan-2040-plan-details
After decades of underinvestment, Muni and regional transit agencies that serve San Francisco have significant unfunded capital needs amounting to more than $5 billion through 2040 (see Appendix B for detail). These needs include new or updated facilities for maintaining transit vehicles, rail and overhead wire replacement, vehicle maintenance and replacement, and other needs.