AV America organized this conference, with the support of Global Mass Transit, on January 28-29, 2020 in Palo Alto, CA.

Summary

The mission of the conference was to explore the impact of AVs on public transport systems, infrastructure and business operations as well as initiatives being undertaken by transit agencies in collaboration with federal, state and local governments; city authorities; private industry; and other organizations to push the frontier of emerging AV technology in public transportation.

The conference brought together a variety of experts to assess the holistic impact of AVs on public transport, addressing policy, regulation, planning, funding, compliance, workforce, technology, systems and infrastructure, procurement, market development, testing and project delivery.

Sessions

  • Public Transport -AVs and the Future of Mobility
  • Policies, Guidelines and Standards
  • Transit Agencies as Enablers of Change
  • Infrastructure for AVs
  • Transit Bus Automation
  • Transit Planning with AVs
  • Data Sharing and Governance
  • Impact on Industrial Relations
  • Transit AV Pilots
  • Role of Private AV Operators in Mass Transit

Speakers

  • Randy Iwasaki, Executive Director, Contra Costa Transportation Authority CA
  • Jorge Cruz-Aedo, CEO, Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority TX
  • Gary Miskell, Chief Information and Technology Officer, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
  • Ahsan Baig, CIO/CTO, Department of Innovation and Technology, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit
  • Michael Feldman, Director of U2C, Jacksonville Transportation Authority
  • Martha Melendez D’Andrea, Supervising Transportation Planner, Division Head – Specialized Transit and Grants, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
  • Robert Rich, Project Manager and Analyst, San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission
  • Jaron Robertson, Acting Director for Innovative Mobility Solutions Office, Utah Transit Authority
  • Michael Kronzer, CAV-X Project Manager, Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • Jeff Owen, Strategic Planning Coordinator, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet)
  • Jill North, Innovation and New Technology Program Manager, City of San José
  • Lena Geraghty, Director of Innovation and Performance Management, City of Portland Maine
  • Joshua Cregger, Technology Policy Analyst, USDOT Volpe, National Transportation Systems Center
  • Alan Wapner, Regional Council Member, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
  • Joe Gregory, Manager of Service Planning, Valley Metro of Phoenix
  • Tian Feng, District Architect, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)
  • Art Aguilar, President and California Conference Board Chair, ATU
  • Justin Erlich, VP of Strategy, Policy, & Legal, Voyage Auto
  • Richard Forberg, Nashville Transportation Activist and Co-Founder of Autonomous Insights LLC
  • Maynard A. Holliday, Senior Engineer, Engineering & Applied Sciences, RAND
  • Joe Iacobucci, Principal, New Mobility Practice Leader, Sam Schwartz Engineering
  • Jean Kao, Product Manager, Populus
  • Jim McKenney, Technical Director, NCC Group
  • Jeremy Mulder, Chief Customer Officer, May Mobility
  • Dick Alexander, President, Transdev Alternative Services, Inc.
  • Jeff Peterson, Director of Business Development – Autonomous Technology, First Group
  • Veronica Siranosian, Vice President, AECOM Ventures
  • Brian Swanson, Director of Pre Sales, Moovit
  • Mark Wilson, Professor, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University

Participating organizations

AECOM Ventures,Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District, Argonne National Laboratory, ATU 1555, ATU CCB, Center for Transportation and the Environment, City of Portland Maine, Complete Coach Works, Contra Costa Transportation Authority CA, Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority,Ecolane USA, Facebook, First Group, GILLIG,Karsan USA,Lea+Elliott,May Mobility, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Morgan Olson, NCC Group, Nordic Innovation House, Parsons,Populus, RAND, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Sam Schwartz Engineering, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Transdev, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet), USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Utah Transit Authority, Voyage Auto, etc.

Further details about the event are here.