Description

Autonomous vehicles are coming. Will they bring utopia or a nightmare of zombie cars? How will they reshape our communities and roadside environments? Can we create policies to build Smart Cities and design our roadways to manage this new technology while providing active transportation and attractive streetscapes?

Learning Objectives:

• Discover the status and timeline for the implementation of autonomous vehicles and what it means for roadside development.
• Learn about the Smart Cities pilot projects and how autonomous and connected vehicles are being incorporated into existing urban infrastructure.
• Examine concepts and strategies for implementing a new surface transportation paradigm and learn how policies on autonomous vehicles will change highways and urban corridor aesthetics.
• Understand the challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of green and Complete Streets with autonomous vehicles.

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Speaker(s):

• Wendy Miller, FASLA, Wendy Miller Landscape Architecture, PLLC
• Adrian Pearmine, DKS Associates
• Hermanus Steyn, PE, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
• Gerry Tierney, LEED AP, Perkins + Will