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Oct 2017

New Mobility

Autonomous Vehicles and the Region

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Autonomous vehicles are one of the most exciting emerging mobility solutions, but also one with many unknowns. Will AVs be as transformative and as ubiquitous as smartphones have become in shaping how we think about moving around? Or will they be more like telecommuting – a trend that is still yet to seriously alter transportation patterns in the region?

As Regional Plan Association embarked on the Fourth Regional Plan for the New York New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area, we asked what role Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) would play in our region’s future, and how this should affect decisions about investments in transit, highways and local streetscapes.

RPA The Road to A Vs in the Region

Research Areas

Transportation

Location

ConnecticutNew JerseyNew York

Topics

CarsAutonomous Vehicles

Acknowledgements

Authored by

  • Allison Henry

    Former Research Analyst

  • Richard Barone

    Former Vice President, Transportation

  • Alyssa Pichardo

    Former Senior Planner, Transportation

  • Emily Roach

    Former Research Analyst, Transportation

  • Tyler Keegan

    Former Intern

  • Dani Simons

    Former Vice President, Communications

  • Emily Thenhaus

    Former Communications Associate

  • Ben Oldenburg

    Former Senior Graphic Designer

Funded By

The A&A Foundation
Dylan Hixon
Rohit T. Aggarwala
Mike Critelli
Janette Sadik-Khan
Sam Schwartz
NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) City of Summit
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

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