This presentation was delivered at NADO's 2018 Annual Training Conference, held in Charlotte, NC on October 13-16. For more information, visit: https://www.nado.org/events/2018-annual-training-conference/

1. Connected and Autonomous Vehicle
Readiness for Rural and Metro Areas
National Association of Development Organizations
October 16, 2018

2. ❖ Intro to Topic and Region
❖ Centralina COG’s Role
❖ ACV – Metro MPO
❖ ACV – Rural RPO
❖ What’s Next
AGENDA

3. 9 counties
Charlotte

4. Charlotte Region’s Growth
2015 – Roughly 2.4 m residents
2015 to 2050 -- 1.8 m new residents
᷉ 1 new Charlotte
᷉ 2 new Raleighs
860 k new jobs

5. CONNECT OUR FUTURE
Regional Growth Framework

6. ▪ Identified Strategic Freight
Corridors
▪ Created Projects for MTPs
▪ Program and Policy
Recommendations
▪ Freight as Early Adopter for ACV

7. TRAFFIC INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (TIM)
AUTONOMOUS /
CONNECTED
VEHICLES (ACV)
INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM (ITS)

9. Autonomous & Connected Vehicles Workshops
▪ Workshop 1: Clearing the Hype
What’s coming in the next 5-10 years and NCDOT’s
early strategy and response.
▪ Workshop 2: Discussing the Impacts
How will ACVs impact our work and how we reach our
long-range goals and objectives?
▪ Workshop 3: Developing an Action Plan
Determine key steps the region can take to prepare for
and make the most of this game-changing technology.

11. The Roadmap Action Plan includes
specific near term actions that partners
in the region can take to enhance
preparedness for ACV.
Given the fast pace of change with
ACV technologies, this action plan is a
living document.
Autonomous & Connected Vehicles Roadmap
Actions to Prepare the Greater Charlotte Region

12. • Convene regional leadership/partners
• Seek opportunities to educate and inform
• Consider ACV in planning studies and
documents
• Consider possible implications of ACV before
making significant capital investments
• Be part of the state and national conversation
• Identify opportunities to be partners in pilot
testing
Autonomous & Connected Vehicles Roadmap
Action Plan – Key Themes

14. Autonomous / Self-Driving Vehicles
▪ Autonomous functionality is here
▪ Don’t rely on connectivity – cameras and
sensors detect vehicles and obstacles
▪ Fully AV does not require a human driver
▪ Phased in over time based on testing and
acceptability
▪ Get ready for VMT ≠ VMD
▪ USDOT ITS Joint Programs Office 3.0 Vision

15. Connected Vehicles
▪ Vehicles communicate with each other,
roadside, devices, other users
• All equipped vehicles
• Intersections
• Pedestrians/cyclists (smartphone)
▪ Supplying useful info to driver instead of
making choices for driver
▪ National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration publishes rules on CV

16. Autonomous and Connected Vehicles

17. Michelle Nance, AICP
Planning Director
Centralina Council of Governments
mnance@centralina.org