AV America, with the support of Global Mass Transit, is organizing  Third Conference on Autonomous Vehicles and Public Transport, which is being organized as a virtual event on February 2-3, 2021, 09:00 am-2:00 pm PT | 12:00 noon-05:00 pm ET on both days.

The mission of the conference is to discuss the current status, future plans and best practices in the deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the context of emerging regulatory environment, customer expectations, funding challenges, technology development, and economic recovery. The conference will provide a platform to understand how the pandemic has affected the AV deployment plans of transit agencies and what is envisioned as the future of public transportation in the new normal.

The conference will have eight sessions: 2021 – Reckoning and Hope; Vision for Transit-AV Alignment; Data Governance and Cyber security; AV Use Cases in Transit; AV Adoption in Transit; Impact on the Workforce; Planning for AV Deployment; and Future of Mobility – Autonomous, Electric, Connected, Shared.

The event is targeted at executives, managers and decision-makers from public transport authorities and operating companies; policy making and regulatory bodies; technology and service providers; communication and connectivity providers; bus, shuttle and AV vehicle manufacturers; data services and fleet management companies; consultants; legal advisors; R&D organizations; etc.

Some of the key confirmed organizations include: 2getthere; AC Transit; Altro; Argonne National Laboratory; Atlanta Regional Commission; BCRTC; Ben Franklin Transit; Broward County Transit; Burlington City; CALSTART; Capital Metro; Cardinal Infrastructure; Central Ohio Transit Authority; Chicago Transit Authority; CMU; Columbus City; Contra Costa Transportation Authority; Culver City; DART; Delaware River Port Authority; Delaware Transit; Fairfax County; Fisher Phillips; Fort Collins City; GoTriangle; Hamilton City; Hillsborough Transit; Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation; Anne Arundel County; Illinois DOT; Infrastrategies; Jacksonville Transportation Authority; King County Metro; Lea+Elliott; Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority; Los Angeles DOT; Macon-Bibb County Transit; Metrolink; Miami Beach City; Miami Dade TPO; Miami-Dade DTPW; Missouri DOT; MSU; NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division; New York MTA; NJ TRANSIT; North Carolina DOT; North Carolina State University/ITRE; North Dakota State University; ODEP; ODOT Public Transportation Division; Ohio Transit Risk Pool; Oklahoma City; OmniRide; Palm Beach TPA; Pinellas County; Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission; Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District; RTC Southern Nevada; RTC Washoe; Sacramento RTD; San Bernardino County; San Francisco MTA; San Mateo County Transit; SBB – Swiss Railways; SCRRA; SEPTA; Shared-Use Mobility Center; SJSU, Mineta Transportation Institute; Southern California association of Governments; Stantec; Stark Area Regional Transit; STM (Montreal Transit); SwRI; SYSTRA; TBARTA; Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Torrance Transit; Transit Mutual Insurance; Translink; TriMet; TTC; UNC Charlotte; UTA; Valley Metro; Valley Metro; VIA Metropolitan Transit; Virginia DOT; WeGo Public Transit; Wichita Transit; etc.

Registration fees

  • For transit agencies and government organizations, the registration is complimentary. To register please send an email to namrata.naikpawar@avamerica.org
  • For private companies, the registration fee is $350 for one participant/login, $560 for 2-3 delegates/logins, $770 for 4-5 delegates/logins, $980 for 6-9 delegates/logins and $1190 for 10-20 delegates/logins. There is a 30% early bird discount for those registering before December 18, 2020 and a 15% discount for those registering before January 18, 2021. To register, please click here.

Sponsorships

Limited sponsorship opportunities are available on first come-first served basis. For further information, please contact Namrata at namrata.naikpawar@ava