Trump Transportation Dept. Helps Automated Vehicle Future with New, Modernized "AV 3.0" Plan

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation put out its long-anticipated plan to pave the way for automated vehicles. CEI transportation policy expert Marc Scribner, who submitted comments to the agency in advance of the final plan, praised the agency’s plan:

“The Department of Transportation should be applauded for its latest automated vehicle guidance update. Its commitment to technology neutrality, performance-based regulation, and modernizing safety regulations to conform to future voluntary consensus technical standards will help ensure developers can bring their lifesaving and efficiency-enhancing technologies to market without being ensnared in a web of unnecessary red tape.

“CEI looks forward to continued work with the Department to promote pro-market and pro-consumer automated vehicle policies and spread the many potential benefits across America’s multi-modal surface transportation system, from cars and buses to trucks and trains.”

The DOT guidance document is called Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0. (or AV 3.0).

See related CEI comments prior to AV 3.0’s development earlier this year:

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: https://cei.org/sites/default/files/Marc%20Scribner%20-%20Comments%20of%20CEI%20to%20NHTSA%20in%20RFC%20on%20Removing%20Regulatory%20Barriers%20for%20Vehicles%20With%20Automated%20Driving%20Systems.pdf
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: https://cei.org/sites/default/files/Marc%20Scribner%20-%20CEI%20Comments%20to%20FMCSA%20on%202018%20Automation%20RFC.pdf
• Federal Highway Administration: https://cei.org/sites/default/files/Marc%20Scribner%20-%20Comments%20of%20CEI%20to%20FHWA%20in%20RFI%20on%20Automated%20Driving%20Systems.pdf
• Federal Railroad Administration: https://cei.org/sites/default/files/Marc%20Scribner%20-%20CEI%20Comments%20to%20FRA%20on%202018%20Automation%20RFI.pdf

Marc Scribner

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation put out its long-anticipated plan to pave the way for automated vehicles. CEI transportation policy expert Marc Scribner, who submitted comments to the agency in advance of the final plan, praised the agency’s plan: