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APOD Abstract for presentation (Poster or Podium)

Planning and Policies

1629187 - Balancing Innovation and Regulation to Scale Autonomous Mobility for All

Sunday, June 16, 2024
1:15 PM - 1:40 PM ET
Room: 222

    Primary Author(s)

  • Alex Poirot

    Vice President, Policy & Regulatory
    Beep, Inc., United States

    • Presenter(s)

  • Alex Poirot

    Vice President, Policy & Regulatory
    Beep, Inc., United States

    • Submitter(s)

  • AP

    Alex Poirot

    Beep
    Athens, Georgia, United States

Abstract: For decades, balancing innovation and regulation has proven to be a challenge for the autonomous vehicle and solutions industry. Innovation scales at the pace of policy and often the speed of innovation progresses faster than regulation can keep up.

Advancing and leveraging the true potential of autonomous mobility alternatives to transform communities, enhance accessibility and increase equity requires a reorientation of policy to facilitate the growth and expansion of safe, reliable, shared and sustainable autonomous mobility alternatives. It calls for an incremental approach to adapting policy and framework to enable the safe adoption and expansion of autonomous mobility solutions that help protect our environment, improve road safety and extend mobility to all.

As a former senior official for the USDOT, FTA, and a senior staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives, Alex offers essential perspective to bridging the divide between innovation and regulation.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees can expect to learn the following from this session:
  • identify regulatory hurdles to the sustainable integration of automated, connected, electric, shared mobility.
  • understand the myriad form factors and associated use cases that are collectively referred to as "autonomous vehicles" or "autonomous mobility".
  • navigate the complex political environment surrounding autonomous vehicles.