TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Transition Toward Shared Automated Vehicles

How do we bring governance into the era of digitization so it can manage demand and supply digitally? At the same time, it is necessary to correct for the existing inequities in our system, working closer with public- and private-sector partners and developing the infrastructure needed to ensure that the transition to shared and autonomous vehicles (SAVs) minimizes the potential challenges and takes advantage of opportunities.

This transition and its effects will not happen tomorrow, and there are several unknowns. The purpose of this five-part forum, one part of which is documented here in TR Circular E-C252: TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Transition Toward Shared Automated Vehicles, is to map out what is known, what is not known, and what people need and want to happen to get to the point where SAVs are on the roads and providing overall benefits to society.

This forum focuses on sharing specifically in the context of SAVs and their connection to regulation, equity, and streets and land use.