Background

AV America and Global Mass Transit are organizing the seventh edition of the conference on Autonomous Vehicles and Public Transport on January 28-29, 2025 at the South San Francisco Conference Center.

The mission of the conference is to discuss recent developments, emerging trends, progress in the deployment of autonomous vehicles for public transit, policy framework, best practices to integrate AVs and public transport, potential use cases of AVs in public transport, strategies for the deployment of AVs to support transit operations, infrastructure required to deploy AVs, and labor force transformation. The conference will showcase case studies, pilot projects, and new and existing technologies for AVs. 

The conference will bring together experts from the transit agencies; federal, state, and local governments; metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs); transit operators; AV manufacturers, vehicle technology system suppliers, developers and integrators; bus manufacturers; R&D institutes; academic institutions; and not-for-profits to discuss developments and issues in policy, planning, funding, technology, market development, testing, and deployment of AVs.

Mission

The mission of the conference is to discuss recent developments, emerging trends, progress in the deployment of autonomous vehicles for public transit, policy framework, best practices to integrate AVs and public transport, potential use cases of AVs in public transport, strategies for the deployment of AVs to support transit operations, infrastructure required to deploy AVs, and labor force transformation. The conference will showcase case studies, pilot projects, and new and existing technologies for AVs.

Key topics to be discussed

  • Policies, guidelines, and regulations driving the development of AVs 
  • AVs for improving equity, accessibility and inclusivity
  • Barriers to Level 4 and Level 5 automation
  • AVs in public transit and the future of mobility
  • Role of transit agencies/operators in the connected autonomous mobility future
  • Use cases for shared AV services
  • Transit agency activities for labor force transformation
  • China experience
  • Building capacity in USA: Buy American rule and constraints
  • Technology developments
  • Role of Insurance
  • Digital infrastructure requirements for AVs
  • AVs for shared mobility, first and last-mile connectivity, autonomous shuttles and robotaxis
  • Role of robotaxis in public transport
  • Automating bus yards (ABY)
  • AVs and Mobility-on-Demand
  • Automated commercial vehicles and lessons for public transit
  • Lessons and learning from Cruise suspension
  • Automated vehicle data principles and framework
  • Best practices, successes and lessons learned
  • Lessons from recent AV company failures (going bust)

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When

January 28-29, 2025

South San Francisco Conference Center

 

 

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