Policies and Regulations Emerging from the 3 Revolutions in Vehicle Automation, Electrification and Shared Mobility
Abstract
California leads the nation in testing and deploying new technologies related to the “3 Revolutions” of Transportation: vehicle electrification, automation, and sharing. The percentage of electric vehicles (EVs) in California’s vehicle fleet is more than four times the percentage of EVs in the U.S. fleet as a whole. California was the first state to legalize ridesharing services, and one of the first states to permit testing of self-driving vehicles on public roads. Keeping up with rapidly evolving transportation technologies has required California policymakers to be nimble and flexible when it comes to transportation governance. This session will explore how key California agencies—including the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) and the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)—are approaching the 3 Revolutions, highlighting insights that could inform similar policies in other states and the federal government.
Policies and Regulations Emerging from the 3 Revolutions in Vehicle Automation, Electrification and Shared Mobility
Category
Policy, Decision-Making, Data
Description
Presenter: Mollie Cohen D'Agostino
Agency Affiliation: UC Davis
Session: Technical Session C5: Policy Impacts on Emerging Mobility Services
Date: 6/2/2022, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Presenter Biographical Statement: Mollie Cohen D’Agostino is Co-Director of the new UC Davis Automated Vehicle Technology and Policy Center. She is also a Policy Director at the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, and the Policy Lead for the UC Institute of Transportation Studies, covering Emerging Technologies, Public Transit and Shared Mobility. Mollie’s previous work spans several sectors and includes environmental policy, transportation planning, and local politics. She worked with the California League of Conservation Voters and as a planner at the Alameda County Transportation Commission, focusing on long-range public transit planning. She also helped to lead electoral campaigns for City Council Members in Oakland and Richmond, California. Mollie grew up in “gorges” Ithaca, NY and received a B.A. degree in Political Science and the Program for the Environment, from the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. She earned a Master’s in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.