AV IN THE CITY Autonomous Vehicle Pilots in Pittsburgh Karina Ricks, Director Department of Mobility and Infrastructure @walk_left

National Association of City Transportation Officials - November 2017

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AVS IN PGH: A TIMELINE 1986 CMU NAVLAB AUTONOMOUS BOX TRUCK 11.03.2007 CMU/GM TARTAN RACING WINS DARPA URBAN CHALLENGE 02.02.2015 UBER/CMU ANNOUNCE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER 09.14.2016 PUBLIC UBER SERVICE IN AVS 11.01.2016 PENNDOT POLICY ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES 01.20.2017 PITTSBURGH DESIGNATED US DOT AV PROVING GROUND TODAY: MULTIPLE AV OPERATORS ON PGH STREETS (ARGO AI, AURORA, CMU, DELPHI, UBER, +) (JOIN TECH ENTERPRISES APPLE, GOOGLE, IBM AND INTEL)

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INITIAL LAUNCH (SEPT 2017)

• 4 VEHICLES (INTENT TO BUILD TO 100)

• 1,000 “MOST LOYAL RIDERS” CAN OPT IN

• NO FARE (RIDERS AS TESTERS)

• SAFETY DRIVER + DATA COLLECTOR RESEARCHER

OPERATIONS TODAY

• PERHAPS 40 VEHICLES (UNKNOWN)

• LIKELY 10s OF 1,000s OF RIDES (UNKNOWN) • ALL USERS NOW

AUTOMATICALLY “IN” • FULL FARE

• TRANSITIONING TO ONLY SAFETY DRIVER

TESTING OR BUSINESS?

AV PENETRATION BIKE PGH Survey March 2017

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OPPORTUNITY FOR AV

March 21, 2017 IMAGE CREDIT: BikePGH

MO·BIL·I·TY MŌˈBILƏDĒ (NOUN) THE ABILITY TO MOVE FREELY AND EASILY.

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THE ABILITY TO MOVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEVELS IN SOCIETY OR EMPLOYMENT.

PGH GOALS OF MOBILITY 1. No one dies or is seriously injured using the streets of

Pittsburgh. 2. Every household can access fresh fruits and vegetables

within 20 minutes of home, without needing a private vehicle. 3. The combined cost of transportation, housing and energy

does not exceed 45% of household income for any population quintile.

4. All trips less than 1 mile are easily and most enjoyably achieved by non-vehicle travel.

5. Streets reflect the values and character of our city.

• Data-sharing (specific data sets) • Career advancement and benefit

accounts • Partnership in establishing convenient

cash-to-electronic payment system • Incentives to increase WAVs and EVs • Reduced cost to designated

geofenced areas • Collaboration on new fee structure to

replace liquid fuels-based funding

SOCIAL CONTRACT TNC Change Management Partnership

LIMITATIONS or frustrations

• Confounded by: • Large trucks and

buses • Right on red • “Pittsburgh left”

• Changes in street operation:

• Lidar + preprogrammed city mapping

• Limited coverage • No cost savings

(to date)

BENEFITS • Passing distance • Delay on green • Speed limit

adherence • Non-aggressive • Safety

performance

• Adaptive signals, detection and sensing

• Surtrac (NTCMTD grant) • Video detection, sensing, analysis and

processing • Progressive parking

• Parking Authority v. Mobility Authority • Adaptable parking garages • EV charging (induction charging) • AV storage • Curb monitoring and usage

• Access to work, school and health • Worker-oriented mobility • TDM program amendments

• Data sharing pilot • UBER data use case study

INITIATIVES + PILOTS

• Electric vehicle infrastructure • “Autonomous ride hail vehicles may be used 40%

of the time compared to private vehicles used only 5% of the time.”

• ITS infrastructure plan • Common language and platform • Adaptive hardware standards • Data utility

• Readying future infrastructure • Pavement and marking pilots • Conduit and communications • Smart curbs and pavement

• Workforce readiness

• CMU/Metro21 “Future of Work” • Allegheny Community College

ENABLING (SENSIBLE) ADOPTION

• Policy development • Managed lanes • Off street facilities • High occupancy use and travel

• Enhanced curbside management

• Data and sensing • Optimized curb management • ADA access • Curb access pricing

• Single payment platform

• Convenient system for cash-based users

WORK TO DO

IMAGE CREDIT: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

PGH GOALS OF MOBILITY • NO ONE DIES OR IS SERIOUSLY INJURED

USING THE STREETS OF PITTSBURGH. • EVERY HOUSEHOLD CAN ACCESS FRESH

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF HOME, WITHOUT NEEDING A PRIVATE VEHICLE.

• THE COMBINED COST OF TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND ENERGY DOES NOT EXCEED 45% OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR ANY POPULATION QUINTILE.

• ALL TRIPS LESS THAN 1 MILE ARE EASILY AND MOST ENJOYABLY ACHIEVED BY NON-VEHICLE TRAVEL.

• STREETS REFLECT THE VALUES AND CHARACTER OF OUR CITY.

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KARINA RICKS, DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE KARINA.RICKS@PITTSBURGHPA.GOV @WALK_LEFT