State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

How San José Launched its Autonomous Vehicle Vision

Data-Smart City Solutions: 50 cities around the world are already testing autonomous vehicles (AVs) and several others are starting to plan for the influence autonomous vehicles will have on jobs, transportation, and more. Yet, according to the National League of Cities, only 6 percent of city transportation plans are actually taking into consideration how autonomous vehicles will transform urban mobility.

As technological advancement and product development for driverless cars continue, more private sector companies – from large-scale auto original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to startups – will want to scale autonomous vehicle user testing and bring concepts to the broader market. The question is, how might local governments effectively partner with the private sector to ensure that autonomous vehicles add value to a city’s infrastructure and align with the community’s core values?

The City of San José set out to answer this question in 2017 and is now on the brink of announcing a series of autonomous vehicle pilots that the city will launch this year.

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