Session Moderators

Moderator(s): 
Henriette Cornet, University of San Francisco 

Session Organizers

Organizers:
Dr. Henriette Cornet, University of San Francisco
Prof. William Riggs, University of San Francisco
Ingrid Skogsmo, Ph D h c , VTI

TRB Sponsoring Committees and Partners

TRB Standing Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ACP30)

Session Description and Agenda

Description

The session explores and assesses existing and potential business and governance models shaping the future of shared autonomous mobility in urban and peri urban context. The session will look beyond autonomous passenger cars and delve into diverse vehicle platforms with a keen focus on public-private partnerships, where the city mandates private mobility providers to achieve its environmental and societal goals in a cost-efficient way. We will discuss success factors worldwide, drawing inspiration from cities in Europe, Japan, and U.S. Real-world collaborations, like Hamburger Hochbahn with MOIA and VW, will offer a glimpse into the future, while public-private partnerships (PPP) between TNCs and transit agencies e.g. in Texas highlight the transformative potential of paratransit. Together with participants of the audience, the workshop will work to develop concrete best practices for pinpointing revenue generation and cost efficiency, particularly for transit agencies and operators and the crucial attributes of how to make PPP a success. The goal will be to gain a more critical understanding of cost efficiency and revenue, examine financial models and trade-offs to align urban goals of equity, accessibility, and sustainability for the joint future of autonomous shared mobility and public transit.

Agenda

1.30pm - 1.40pm | Open the session by the session organizers, Henriette Cornet & Billy Riggs, University of San Francisco [~2 min]

Keynote by Arnd Bätzner, Transit Strategist [~8 min]

1.40pm – 2.30pm | Presentation session [50 min]
● Presentation and Virtual Tours: Following this, experts will offer virtual tours of innovative mobility projects with successful collaborations among stakeholders
○ Tammy Meehan Russell, the PLUM Catalyst – on the goMARTI project
○ Tom Alkim, MAPtm – on international collaborations & FAME project
○ Umeda Manabu, University of Tokyo – on workforce & impact on business models
○ Philip Pierce, Zoox – on Zoox’s perspective on governance models

2.30pm – 3.15pm | Interactive session [45 min]
● Moderated by Billy Riggs, University of San Francisco
● Breakout Case Study Analysis: Small groups will be presented with real-world case studies related to shared and autonomous mobility in cities other than the ones represented in the session. Participants will analyze and discuss these cases in small groups, sharing their findings and potential solutions. The analysis will encourage networking and in-depth conversations.

3.15pm – 3.30pm | Break [15 min]

3.30pm – 4.30pm | Panel discussion [60 min]:
● Results of the breakout case study analysis [15 min] by Billy Riggs, University of San Francisco
● Panel Discussion [45 min]: Experts will respond to the case studies and offer additional insights and details of how they would approach them
○ Moderated by Ingrid Skogsmo, VTI & Billy Riggs, University of San Francisco
○ Alison Pascale, Governmental Affairs, VW
○ Guido de Pasquale, PAVE Europe
○ Benjamin Lindborg, Ruter As
○ Matthew Daus, president of International Association of Transportation Regulators
● Virtual Q&A integrated within the panel discussion and facilitated by the moderators.

4.30pm – 4.45pm
Wrap-up and closing of the session by Henriette Cornet, University of San Francisco [15 min]

Session Objectives

- Focus on broader perspectives than robotaxi deployments in the U.S. and explore worldwide best practices from U.S., EU, Japan and more.
- Concrete results of public-private partnerships where cost efficiency is improved for transit agencies and operators and revenues can be generated in the future
- Emphasize why and how shared mobility and public transit integration is important for cost efficiency and revenue streams
- Look at financial models and tradeoffs to best serve societal goals of cities (equity, accessibility, sustainability, etc.)