Outcomes from National Summit on Automated Vehicles (Aug 2016) Dennis Walsh (Austroads Chair, National Industry Reference Group - Connected and Automated Vehicles) 17 February 2017
Imperatives Safety Over 1,200 fatalities & 34k serious injuries p.a. (source: BITRE) Estimated $27 billion cost to community (source: NRSS) 1.25 million deaths worldwide each year Mobility Cost of congestion $13.7 billion in 2011, predicted to reach $53 billion in 2031 if no action (source: Infrastructure Aust) Sustainability Road transport contributes ~14% of total GHG (source: CCA)
The imperative for us to be ready. Australian states and territories have to be ready to support the safe deployment of partially automated vehicles on public roads before 2020, and highly automated and driverless vehicles within the ensuing decade. The Brisbane Summit, Aug 2016 3 Roads Australia 12 October 2016
Challenges Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in current land transport system will alter substantially Capability changes required Changes in private vehicle ownership and effect on allied industries and traditional revenue streams Alternatives to traditional public transport 4 Roads Australia 12 October 2016
Recommendations from Summit Achieve national consistency around regulation and operation Provide a responsive regulatory environment Design and operate networks to support safe use Harmonise internationally Establish ground rules required before market deployment Clear point of contact for market participants (regulation and operation) Policy and regulation that is flexible enough to accommodate changing technology Understand the value chain Fleet operators may desire to expand to network operations Governments to consider early their role how to protect and maximise the return from public assets through policy, regulation and pricing. MaaS, alternative fuels, reduced road trauma and impact on pricing and revenue Comprehensive transport and road pricing reform Early engagement with the community on practical benefits and value 5 Roads Australia 12 October 2016
National Governance Structure Transport Infrastructure Council TISOC NTC Stakeholder Engagement LTT Working Group Austroads program board Steering Committee IRG
Work undertaken to date Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia (2011) National policy framework for land transport technology: Action Plan: (2016-19) National Transport Commission (NTC) Regulatory policy issues for Cooperative ITS (2013) Regulatory options for automated vehicles (May 2016) National guidelines for automated vehicle trials (Nov 2016) Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Allocation and management of radiofrequency spectrum, including consideration of proposed C-ITS use of the 5.9 GHz band (commenced 2009) 7 Type footer details here 2 August 2017
National policy framework for land transport technology: Action Plan: 2016-19 Number Action Item 1 Establish a regulatory framework for testing automated vehicles 2 Develop national operational guidelines to support the on-road use of automated vehicles 3 Undertake priority trials and research of Intelligent Transport Systems 4 Develop a connected vehicle (Cooperative ITS) infrastructure road map 5 Publish a connected vehicle (Cooperative ITS) statement of intent on standards and deployment models 6 Develop a nationally agreed deployment plan for the security management of connected and automated vehicles 7 Investigate options to provide enhanced geo-positioning information to the land transport sector 8 Improve the availability of open data in the transport sector 9 Explore options to increase the uptake of telematics and other technologies for regulatory and revenue collection purposes 10 Evaluate low-cost technologies to improve safety at rail level crossings 11 Explore how data from telematics and other intelligent transport systems can be used to optimise operations and planning for port precincts and intermodal terminals 12 Develop a national framework for public transport ticketing 13 Investigate the costs, benefits and possible deployment models for Automatic Crash Notification 8 14 Explore the merits of adopting new safety and traffic management technologies Type footer details here 2 August 2017
http://transportinfrastructurecouncil.gov.au/publications/fi les/national_policy_framework_for_land_transport_te chnology.pdf 9
NTC staged approach to Regulatory Reform Support on-road trials Resolve issue of control
Geoscience Australia SBAS Pilot Australian Government's National Positioning Infrastructure (NPI) Capability - Geoscience Australia is leading a nation-wide test project of a SBAS (Space Based Augmentation System). An SBAS will overcome the current gaps in our mobile and radio communications and, when combined with on-ground operational infrastructure and services, will ensure that accurate positioning information can be received anytime and anywhere within Australia. The two-year project will test satellite positioning technologies which will provide accuracies of several decimetres and five centimetres respectively. GA is working with the CRC for Spatial Information on evaluating the effectiveness of an SBAS for Australia The project is funded through the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, and Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development - $12M. The project will see Australia join the USA, Europe, Russia, India and Japan who have all invested in infrastructure that delivers satellite-based corrections via an SBAS In early 2017, Geoscience Australia will call for organisations from a range of sectors to participate in the test-bed. 11
Geoscience Australia SBAS Pilot http://www.ga.gov.au/scientifictopics/positioning-navigation/positioning-forthe-future/satellite-based-augmentationsystem 12
Austroads Connected and Automated Vehicle Work Program 13
National Trials New South Wales Cooperative Intelligent Transport Initiative (CITI) trial of heavy vehicle safety applications using Cooperative ITS. Heavy Vehicle Priority Project trial of applications to provide heavy vehicle priority at signalised intersections. Smart Innovation Centre announced in 2016, planned to be a R&D hub for emerging transport technologies, including CAVs. Victoria ITS Grants Program includes project trialling CAVs in highway scenarios, C-ITS to support tram priority, and in-vehicle connected vehicle services using cellular communications. Road Safety Action Plan includes $10M action to trial connected and automated vehicle technologies. Bosch Highly Automated Driving Vehicle partnership with Transport Accident Commission (TAC), VicRoads and TMR. Queensland Cooperative and Automated Vehicle Initiative (CAVI) incorporates two main projects a large scale pilot of Cooperative ITS in Ipswich, and a smaller pilot of cooperative and highly automated vehicles driven on selected roads. South Australia Future Mobility Lab Fund a $10M program over three years for development, testing and demonstrations of CAV technology, connected V2V and V2I pilots and demonstrations, and research and development. Western Australia RAC Intellibus with the support of the WA State Government, RAC is trialling a fully driverless, fully electric shuttle bus in South Perth. Autonomous Heavy Vehicle Platooning Trial [2.8MB PDF] Main Roads WA is partnering with industry to launch a trial of autonomous heavy vehicle platooning. Northern Territory Driverless shuttle bus trial the NT government announced a six month trial of an EasyMile shuttle bus at the Darwin Waterfront during 2017. New Zealand Driverless shuttle bus trial Christchurch International Airport and HMI Technologies, with support from the Ministry of Transport and NZ Transport Agency are trialling a Navya electric shuttle bus at Christchurch Airport. Bluetooth in-car messaging trial the NZ Transport Agency, along with GO Rentals and HMI Technologies, is running a trial using Bluetooth technology to send real-time relevant, and localised, messages to visiting drivers. Further details: 14
Austroads current work program 1. Cooperative ITS - Operational Framework: Security management Threat Vulnerability & Risk Assessment C-ITS standards compliance scheme Review of Strategic Plan for C-ITS 2. Automated Vehicles - Framework for Road Operations: Assessment of road operator actions to support AVs Strategic Plan for AVs Assessment of Safety benefits of CITS and AVs Automated Vehicles framework for road operations 3. Automated Vehicles - Framework for Registration & Licensing: 15 Gap Analysis and high-level Action Plan to support the introduction of Avs Automated Vehicles framework for registration and licensing Type footer details here 2 August 2017
ITS World Congress 2016 - what did we learn? MaaS The rise of GIS Connected Automated Vehicles, but when? Transport as part of smart cities Data and Information sharing 16 xxx 9 September 2016
When will we see automation Steven Shladover Berkley University 17
Convergence of connectivity and automation key to wider deployment AV can t see around corners, through objects, at high speeds, or in bad weather C-ITS expands AV view Realise a fully automated vehicle AV implements C-ITS warnings C-ITS only provide the driver with warnings 18 Roads Australia 12 October 2016
How are governments preparing for change? What are we doing now? Where are we looking? Projects and trials National coordination Increasing capabilities Internal process improvements Policy, regulation and technical change Collaboration Agile business processes Customer engagement Managing change, internally and externally Responsive policy, strategy, regulation and planning 19 Type footer details here 2 August 2017
ANCAP and EuroNCAP pathway to automated driving 20
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