Automated vehicles what are they and what will they mean for tourism? Victorian Tourism Conference Marcus Burke National Transport Commission July 2017
NTC is a national reform body The National Transport Commission is an independent statutory body that contributes to the achievement of national transport policy objectives by developing regulatory and operational reform of road, rail and intermodal transport A key focus area is technology
Why? 1,295 35,552 1.2 million 94% of crashes caused by human error
What we will cover today Connected Automated Electric Shared What is an automated vehicle? Trials in Australia and overseas Australian reforms Tourism impacts
What s the problem? Safety Access/ mobility Congestion Environmental impact
Connected vehicles
Electric vehicles
Ride sharing/ car sharing
Mobility as a service a digital platform that integrates end-to-end trip planning, booking, electronic ticketing, and payment services across all modes of transportation, public or private
Levels of Automation
Vehicle technology Source: prezi
When? Sources: Autotrader, USA Today, International Business Times
Source: Waymo, Electrek
Trials in Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01g6bbypao
Trials in Australia
Trials in Australia
Trials in Australia
Technical challenges Weather conditions Dust Unsealed roads Different road users Emergency services
Safety Support technological innovation Recognise international product assessment Cost Legal accountability
Trials in Australia http://www.austroads.com.au/driversvehicles/connected-and-automated-vehicles/trials
Trials Internationally Volvo Drive Me
Volvo Drive Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyqtu39d3cu
Trials California Volkswagen Group Mercedes Benz Waymo Delphi Automotive Tesla Motors Bosch Nissan GM Cruise LLC BMW Honda Ford Zoox, Inc. Drive.ai, Inc. Faraday & Future Inc. Baidu USA LLC Wheego Electric Cars Inc. Valeo North America, Inc. NextEV USA, Inc. Telenav, Inc. NVIDIA Corporation AutoX Technologies Inc Subaru
Trials California Udacity, Inc Navya Inc. Renovo.auto UATC LLC (Uber) PlusAi Inc Nuro, Inc CarOne LLC Apple Inc. Bauer s Intelligent Transportation Pony.AI TuSimple
Trials Phoenix
Trials Singapore
Trucking
NTC regulatory barriers to automated vehicles
What are the obligations of a driver? Obligations on drivers: Safe driving/ road rules Licenses and permits Interaction with enforcement Interaction with other road users Passenger compliance Provisions not relevant to automated systems Vehicle obligations
What Australia has planned National guidelines for on-road field trials National enforcement guidelines that clarify regulatory concept of control A national safety assurance system Review and reform current driver and driving laws State and territory review of compulsory third party insurance laws Options to manage government access to AV data 2017 2018
National guidelines for automated vehicle trials Key areas: Scope of operations Safety management plan Appropriate insurance Agree to provide key data Flexibility and safety Approved by transport ministers in May 2017
Industry disruptions Automotive Taxi Freight Bus Public transport Insurance Parking Airports Planning Ports Automotive associations Building design Government compulsory third party insurance schemes Governments Toll roads Tourism?
Tourism opportunities How people access tourism services - Improving access to regional areas? - Greater mobility for those who don t own a car? - Greater mobility for international visitors who don't want to drive?
Tourism opportunities New services - New vehicle types and applications - What could automated shuttles do? - Last mile - Events - Tour staff focus on customers not driving
Challenges Uncertainty timing, applications/ use cases, consumer take up, business models, infrastructure requirements Evolving technology Mixed fleets
Conclusions Transport will radically change over the next 5-10 years Connected Automated Shared Electric Consumers will access services in different ways The roll out will be progressive likely from 2020 - Low speed shuttles, highway driving It will continue to evolve.
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For further information National Transport Commission http://www.ntc.gov.au/ Marcus Burke mburke@ntc.gov.au
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