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10 Principles for Managing Autonomous Vehicles on City Streets
Autonomous vehicles spark questions about safety, accessibility, congestion, and even labor practices, but planners can pull ahead in the AV revolution.by: Jonathan Barnett, FAICP, Zhongjie Lin February 17, 2023Autonomous vehicles spark questions about safety, accessibility, congestion, and even labor practices, but planners can pull ahead in the AV revolution. -
Smart Cities: Integrating Technology, Community, and Nature
PAS Report 599by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Benjamin Hitchings, FAICP, David Rouse, FAICP December 01, 2021If deployed in the right ways, smart city technologies can help resolve the myriad challenges all communities face today. This PAS Report prepares planners to lead the way in ensuring equitable implementation of smart city innovations that enhance livability, sustainability, and resilience while fostering innovation, collaboration, and participatory co-creation.Nonmember price$25.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
7 Trends Knocking at the Planning Office Door
In today’s complex world, balancing everyday activities, near-term plans, and visioning for the future is more challenging than ever. APA Foresight has got you covered.by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Alexsandra GomezIn today's rapidly changing world, it can be tough to stay abreast of all the challenges facing planners. This article explores seven of the most pressing trends for the profession and what they could mean for your community. -
2023 Trend Report for Planners
by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Alexsandra Gomez January 24, 2023The 2023 Trend Report for Planners features more than 100 existing, emerging, and potential future trends that APA identified as relevant to planning. The trends are structured within three timeframes (Act Now, Prepare, Learn and Watch), which indicate the urgency of planners’ action. -
Planning for Autonomous Mobility
PAS Report 592by: Jeremy Crute, William Riggs, AICP, Timothy Chapin, Lindsay Stevens, AICP September 01, 2018Autonomous vehicles are poised to disrupt the built environment and planning practices. This PAS Report offers a road map for planners as they develop policy solutions and infrastructure investments for the future of AVs.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Chandler, AZ, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2022This regulation belongs to the Autonomous Vehicles, Shared Mobility, and Solar Energy collections. -
Paths of Automated and Connected Vehicle Deployment: Strategic Roadmap for State and Local Transportation Agencies
September 2015by: Johanna Zmud, Melissa Tooley, Trey BakerThis guide looks at two scenarios for the deployment of automated and connected vehicle technologies within state and local transportation agencies. -
Stick Shift: Autonomous Vehicles, Driving Jobs, and the Future of Work
2017by: Algernon Austin, Cherrie Bucknor, Kevin CashmanThis report addresses the potential economic impacts of autonomous vehicle technology on those employed in driving occupations. -
Federal Automated Vehicles Policy: Accelerating the Next Revolution in Roadway Safety (AV 1.0)
September 2016This standalone policy provides agency guidance to speed the delivery of an initial regulatory framework and best practices to guide manufacturers and other entities in the safe design, development, testing, and deployment of highly automated vehicles. -
City of the Future: Technology and Mobility
2015by: Nicole DuPuis, Cooper Martin, Brooks RainwaterThis report focuses on the nexus between mobility and technology and draws conclusions from a variety of sources, including existing literature, expert interviews and transportation plans. -
Preparing for New Mobility: Writing Effective Resolutions
2017by: Lisa Nisenson, Andy BoenauThis guide offers advice to help cities prepare for autonomous technology by passing formal resolutions and setting smart mobility plans in motion. -
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers
2016by: James Anderson, Nidhi Kalra, Karlyn StanleyThis guide provides information to help policymakers understand autonomous vehicle technology. -
Surveying Florida MPO Readiness to Incorporate Innovative Technologies into Long Range Transportation Plans
August 2016by: Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, Miguel Lugo, Stephen SpanaThis report examines how Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Florida integrate autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies in their long-term transportation plans (LRTPs). -
Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions: Implications for Transport Planning
April 2022by: Todd LitmanThis report explores the impacts that autonomous vehicles are likely to have on travel demands and transportation planning. -
Connected Vehicle Planning Processes and Products and Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
FHWA-JPO-15-246, January 2015This report assesses how connected vehicles should be considered across the range of transportation planning processes and products developed by states, metropolitan planning organizations, and local agencies throughout the country. -
Warehousing
2017by: Galen Carlson, Nico LarcoThis briefing paper looks at the changing nature of distribution networks with the rise of e-commerce and the effects this will have on the size, number and distribution of warehouses in cities. -
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 2040 Vision
FHWA-PA-2014-004-CMU WO 1, July 2014by: Chris Hendrickson, Allen Biehler, Yeganeh MashayekhThis report assesses the implications of connected and autonomous vehicles on the management and operation of Pennsylvania’s surface transportation system. -
Re-Imagining Retail
2017by: Nico Larco, Galen CarlsonThis briefing paper looks at the transformation retail is currently going through and the shift from brick-and-mortar, to e-commerce, to omnichannel approaches. -
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Parking
2016This briefing pager discusses the changes in travel behavior and suggests initial policy-making efforts to guide decision-making. -
The Impacts of AVs and E-Commerce on Local Government Budgeting and Finance
2017by: Benjamin Clark, Nico Larco, Roberta MannThis briefing paper examines a city’s budget and describes the potential areas affected as autonomous vehicle technologies become more regular and e-commerce takes on an even larger role in retail. -
New Mobility: Autonomous Vehicles and the Region
October 2017by: Allison Henry, Richard Barone, Alyssa PichardoThis report examines the role that autonomous vehicles should play in the future of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area and how that should affect decisions about investments in transit, highways, and local streetscapes. -
Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism
September 2019by: Corinne Kisner, Kate Fillin-Yeh, Sindhu BharadwajThis guide provides information on how to prepare communities for autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies. -
Urban Mobility System Upgrade: How Shared Self-Driving Cars Could Change City Traffic
2015This report examines the changes that might result from the large-scale uptake of a shared and self-driving fleet of vehicles in a mid-sized European city. -
Autonomous Vehicles: Developing a Public Health Research Agenda to Frame the Future of Transportation Policy
Journal of Transport and Health, 6: 245-252, 2017by: Travis Crayton, AICP , Benjamin MeierThis article examines the prospective public health implications arising from the widespread adoption of fully autonomous vehicles and public health considerations for the development of transportation policy. -
Automated and Connected Vehicles: Summary of the 9th University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference
November 2015by: Katherine TurnbullThis report summarizes plenary sessions focused on automated and connected vehicles. -
National Summit on Design and Urban Mobility: Summary Report
2017This report offers recommendations to help cities integrate transportation innovations into their communities. -
Emerging Vehicle Technologies & the Search for Urban Mobility Solutions
Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 4(1): 83-100, 2016by: Jitendra BajpaiThis article examines the potential of autonomous vehicles to improve road safety, lower fuel consumption and emissions in vehicles, and provide mobility options for vulnerable populations. -
Cautious Optimism About Driverless Cars and Land Use in American Metropolitan Areas
Cityscape, 18(3): 181-184, 2016by: Brandon FullerThis article examines the potential for autonomous vehicles to enable beneficial changes in land use. -
Driverless Cars and the City: Sharing Cars, Not Rides
Cityscape, 18(3): 197-204, 2016by: Wendell CoxThis article speculates that driverless cars will not significantly impact urban form but will expand opportunities and quality of life for the disabled and other people who are unable to drive. -
Transitioning to Driverless Cars
Cityscape, 18(3): 193-196, 2016by: Giles DurantonThis article discusses some considerations about transitioning to autonomous vehicles. -
Choice and Speculation
Cityscape, 18(3): 185-192, 2016by: Lisa SchweitzerThis article discusses potential changes related to the adoption of autonomous vehicle technologies. -
The Evolution of Connected Vehicle Technology: From Smart Drivers to Smart Cars to… Self-Driving Cars
ITE Journal, July 2013by: Siva NarlaThis article looks at the last two decades of transportation innovation as a perspective for visualizing the changes that autonomous vehicle technology will bring. -
Urban Form and Function in the Autonomous Era
Australasian Transport Research Forum Proceedings, November 2016by: Praveen Thakur, Robert Kinghorn, Renan GraceThis article explores the potential impacts of the autonomous era on transport infrastructure demand and urban form. -
Local Government 2035: Strategic Trends and Implications of New Technologies
Issues in Technology Innovation, May 2015by: Kevin Desouza, David Swindell, Kendra SmithThis briefing paper illustrates how technological advancements, such as the proliferation of drone technologies, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and peer-to-peer services, will introduce data privatization challenges and destabilize existing governance systems. -
Can We Advance Social Equity with Shared, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles?
February 2017by: Stuart Cohen, Sahar Shirazi, Terra CurtisThis briefing paper focuses on the need for autonomous vehicle policy development to have an intentional focus on equity so that it does not exacerbate existing barriers or increase inequality. -
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: How to Best Realize Its Social Benefits
RB-9755-RC, 2014This briefing paper examines the current state and potential benefits of autonomous vehicles and provides guidance for policymakers. -
Autonomous Vehicles: The Public Policy Imperatives
July 2016by: Gary Siberg, Richard ThrelfallThis video discusses areas where autonomous vehicles may have significant implications for public policy and service. -
CDTC, NY, New Visions 2050 Regional Transportation Plan
Adopted September 2020This functional plan addresses emerging transportation technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and shared mobility that will have tremendous and wide-reaching impacts on future transportation and considers the region's readiness for these pieces of the transportation revolution. -
How Governments Can Promote Automated Driving
New Mexico Law Review, 47(1): 99-138, 2017by: Bryant SmithThis article presents steps to help governments encourage the adoption of automated vehicles (AVs) within the communities they serve. -
Driving Towards Driverless: A Guide for Government Agencies
April 2016by: Lauren IsaacThis guide outlines the role of government in the integration of driverless vehicles in society. -
Impact of Emerging Technologies on Complete Streets
September 2017by: Heather Zaccaro, Rod Schebesch, Russ BrooksThis video examines how emerging technologies impact how cities operate, accommodate growth, manage congestion, improve the economy, increase safety, and improve quality of life. -
Managing the Transition to Driverless Road Freight Transport
May 2017by: José Viegas, Daniel VeryardThis report explores how a transition to driverless trucks could happen -
Adopting and Adapting: States and Automated Vehicles
June 2017by: Paul Lewis, Gregory Rogers, Stanford TurnerThis report provides guidance on how states should prepare for an automated future by adapting their approach to motor vehicle regulations, infrastructure investment, and research. -
Autonomous Vehicles: Self-Driving Vehicles Enacted Legislation
February 2020This web page contains up-to-date, real-time information about state autonomous vehicle legislation that has been introduced in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. -
Road Updates Benefit Both Autonomous Vehicles and Human Motorists
July 2017This video discusses California’s efforts to modify roadways to accommodate autonomous vehicle technology. -
Innovative Transportation: ON TO 2050 Alternative Future
April 2017This video considers the potential impact of innovative transportation technologies at a regional level. -
Watch a Fully Autonomous Tesla Drive Through the City and Find a Parking Spot
October 20, 2016by: James VincentThis video displays an autonomous vehicle in full operation. -
San Antonio, TX, Multimodal Transportation Plan
Adopted August 2016This functional plan addresses autonomous vehicles and other emerging transportation technologies. -
Ulster County, NY, 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan
Adopted September 2020This function plan sets goals, objectives, and performance measures for transportation within Ulster County, NY. -
Ten Rules for Cities About Automated Vehicles
Public Square, February 2020by: Jeff Speck, FAICPThis article offers ten suggestions for cities to consider how autonomous vehicles (AVs) can help maximize mobility for the greatest number of people, with the most positive outcomes for society.
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