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374-Fighting for Safety: Defining Good On-road Driving through Wargaming 

Date and Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Continental 1-3

Session Moderators and Organizers

MODERATORS
Laura Fraade-Blanar, Senior Safety Researcher, Waymo
Julie Evans, Transportation Engineer and Policy Analyst, Mitre
Marjory Blumenthal, Senior Adjunct Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
Amitai Bin-Nun, Team Lead, Autonomous Vehicle Driving Policy, Motional
Kevin Gay, Director, Head of Safety, Uber
William Joel Sánchez, Safety Standards Engineer, Aurora
Rob Heilman, Executive Director, Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence, USDOT
Jessica Uguccioni, Head of CAM Adoption Strategy, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Department for Transport, United Kingdom

ORGANIZERS
Laura Fraade-Blanar

TRB Sponsoring Committees and Partners

Session Description and Agenda

DESCRIPTION

War games simulate real world scenarios at the political, operational, and tactical levels to explore how planning and choices can affect outcomes. Last year we held the first AV-focused war game focused on measurement of AV safety. This year we will apply wargaming methodology to the challenge of defining and measuring good driving behavior. We will first apprise participants of the current state-of-the-art around good driving behavior for AVs and then engage with these issues using roleplay, guided negotiation, chance-based activities, and other gaming methods.

Lots of snacks will be available for participants.

AGENDA

Session Objectives

Discuss the current state of on-road driving behavior research and best practices

Explore the ways different stakeholder groups may view the importance of and the utility of different elements of good on-road driving behavior. Note the tools at each stakeholder group’s disposal to act on their view

Facilitate a guided, but open and interactive activity where attendees can explore different ways of measuring driving behavior and assess how well that reflects their own stakeholder goal.

Build on last year’s success in encouraging engagement in a given topic through gaming methods