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Sam Lott, PE (he/him/his)

Principal
Automated Mobility Services, LLC
Missouri City, TX, United States

J. Sam Lott is the Principal of Automated Mobility Services, LLC. He continues his 40+ years of consulting work in the field of automated transit technology – a career during which he has become internationally known in the field of automated guideway transit systems. His new area of practice is focusing on the field of automated/autonomous roadway vehicles (AVs), specifically with respect to how this paradigm shift in automation technology will impact the transit industry. In 2017 he served the Principal Investigator for the Transportation Research Board project titled “Impacts of Regulations and Policies on Connected and Automated Vehicle Technology Introduction in Transit Operations” – NCHRP 20-102(02) while working under the auspices of the Texas Southern University Center for Transportation Training and Research.
Currently he is serving as a special consultant to the Mobility Innovations and Equity Team at the Center for Innovative Mobility Systems of the National Renewable Energy Lab (Dept. of Energy). He is assisting NREL with developing the concept of Automated Mobility Districts through application of AV technology to provide transit and ride-sharing fleet services within a geographically defined urban district, major activity center or campus domain.
Working in concert with Dr. Stan Young of NREL, Sam has published multiple papers and made multiple conference presentation between 2021 and 2023 concerning these research activities now underway with NREL. One of these technical papers was selected by the Society of Automotive Engineers for publication in the 2022 SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility.
In August of 2022 Sam’s latest publication with Dr. Young as coauthor has been released under the auspices of NREL – The Automated Mobility District Implementation Catalog 2nd Edition: Safe and Efficient Automated Vehicle Fleet Operations for Public Mobility. This report documents the trends and advancements in Automated Vehicle technology for applications in urban settings that are prototypical of future Automated Mobility Districts.
In a continued co-authorship endeavor to publish tecnical papers on related topics, Sam and Dr. Young have also had two papers published during 2023 in the ASCE ICTD and the ASCE INSPIRE conference proceedings.

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