Cooperative Automated Transportation in the News
Ted Bailey
Director of Government Technology Solutions: Intelligent transportation systems; connected and automated vehicles; broadband; electric vehicle infrastructure, roadway digital infrastructure
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Issue #145: Friday, January 31st, 2020
CAVs – General Information
The Robots Are Coming. Prepare for Trouble. The New York Times, January 30, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/business/artificial-intelligence-robots-retail.html
‘Peak Car’ May Be Past, German CEO Says. Bloomberg, January 29, 2020
UPS buying 10,000 electric delivery vans, will test Waymo self-driving vehicles next month. Reuters, January 29, 2020
World’s Biggest-Ever Self-Driving Experiment To Coincide With Tokyo Olympics. Forbes, January 28, 2020
Autonomous Cars Should Be Half As Wide As Normal Cars. Jalopnik, January 25, 2020
https://jalopnik.com/autonomous-cars-should-be-half-as-wide-as-normal-cars-1841186529
Transit/Buses/Shuttles
RIDOT aims to extend program that offers free self-driving shuttle rides in Providence. Providence Journal, January 26, 2020
Cities
A Novel Plan to Fix One of New York’s Worst Highways: Remove Lanes. New York Times, January 30, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/nyregion/bqe-lanes-closed.html
The library is a smart city's 'hub for digital intelligence'. Smart Cities Dive, January 27, 2020
https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/library-smart-city-hub-digital-intelligence-inlcusion/569012/
How Chicago fails to enforce one of the most annoying rush-hour problems as other cities try to prevent it. Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2020
Freight/Trucking
Waymo’s Autonomous Trucks Are Rolling Into Texas—And Bringing a Debate About Jobs and Safety With Them. Texas Monthly, January 29, 2020
https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/waymos-autonomous-trucks-texas-jobs-safety/
Active Transportation
The founder of a new alternative transportation advocacy group seeks to make Spokane more friendly for cyclists, pedestrians and others. Pacific Northwest Inlander, January 30, 2020
Embracing the Improvisation of Dockless Bike-Share. NextCity, January 27, 2020
https://nextcity.org/features/view/embracing-the-improvisation-of-dockless-bike-share
Every Street In Paris To Have Cycleway By 2024, Promises Mayor. Forbes, January 21, 2020
Electric Vehicles
Factbox: Electric vehicle subsidies under pressure in some Tesla core markets. Reuters, January 29, 2020
Recycled electric batteries: A treasure yet to be tapped. Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2020
https://www.dw.com/en/recycled-electric-batteries-a-treasure-yet-to-be-tapped/a-52172355
How Honda Is Making Hybrid Cars Lighter, Faster, and Normal. The Drive, January 27, 2020
https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/30503/how-honda-is-making-hybrid-cars-lighter-faster-and-normal
Public Utilities: Will All These New Electric Cars Crash the Grid? Autoweek, January 27, 2020
Manufacturers
GM commits $3 billion to build electric and autonomous vehicles in Michigan. TechCrunch, January 27, 2020
Research Reports and Articles (WSDOT employees may contact the Library to request items that are behind a paywall)
Connected & autonomous vehicles – Environmental impacts – A review. Science of the Total Environment, April 2020
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719352295
How many crashes can connected vehicle and automated vehicle technologies prevent: A meta-analysis. Accident Analysis & Prevention, March 2020
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457519309303
Autonomous Vehicles 4.0: Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies. USDOT, January 2020
https://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/180198.aspx
CarmaSM: Driving Innovation. Public Roads, Winter 2020
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/20winter/06.cfm
Upcoming Webinars
Raising Awareness of Artificial Intelligence for Transportation System Management and Operations, February 13, 2020, 10-11:30am PT
IoT’s Role in Today’s Transportation Systems, March 12, 2020, 11am PT
https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1280099&tp_key=ab10d899de
Domestic Scan 17-02 Part 1: Successful Approaches to Accomodate Additional Modes and Services in Existing Right Of Way, previously recorded.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/3808731767547142914
New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Connected Vehicle Pilot Webinar: Operational Readiness Update, November 4, 2019, 1pm PT
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeY4heJW_m4-IqxEWTSfI4rC_S2nf2Yg5AqWsPLLRjkxLYpmg/viewform
University of Michigan Self-Driving Cars Online Teach-Out (no charge), Ongoing – enroll starting February 4, 2019
https://www.coursera.org/learn/self-driving-cars-teach-out
The Autonomous Vehicle Future: Opportunities and Challenges On Demand – available until February 27, 2020
5G and End-to-End Enablement for Connected Vehicles and Autonomous Driving On Demand
https://pages.questexweb.com/Intel-Registration-012918.html
Are Autonomous Vehicles Safe? Understanding What’s Already Here and What Needs to Happen On Demand
https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s180206_Are_Autonomous_Vehicles_Safe.aspx
Upcoming Conferences
Motor & Drive Systems 2020, February 10-12, 2020, Buena Vista, Florida
https://motoranddriveconference.com/
National Academies/TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles, February 24-25, 2020, Washington DC
https://www.trb.org/trbavsmforum/avsmforum.aspx
Autonomous Vehicles Silicon Valley, February 26-28, 2020, Silicon Valley, California
https://www.automotive-iq.com/events-autonomousvehicles
2020 National Shared Mobility Summit, March 17-19, 2020, Chicago, Illinois
https://sharedusemobilitycenter.org/event/2020-national-shared-mobility-summit/
M:bility Detroit 2020, March 18-19, 2020, Dearborn, Michigan
https://www.automotiveworld.com/aw-live/future-mobility-detroit/
Automotive Cybersecurity, March 30-April 1, 2020, Detroit, Michigan
https://www.automotive-iq.com/events-automotive-cybersecurity-detroit/?mac=AUIQ_Events_Title_Listing
Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, April 6-9, 2020, San Jose, California
https://tmt.knect365.com/connected-vehicles/
6th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems (VEHITS), May 2-4, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic
https://www.vehits.org/Home.aspx
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020, May 4-7, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts
https://www.auvsi.org/events/xponential/auvsi-xponential-2020
Urbanism Next, May 14-15, 2020, Portland, Oregon
https://urbanismnext.uoregon.edu/
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2020, June 16-18, 2020, Stuttgart, Germany
https://www.autonomousvehicletechnologyexpo.com/en/
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