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Board adopts conceptual safety-focused autonomous vehicle permitting framework report
Summary
The Transportation Authority approved a conceptual, phased permitting framework that would tie incremental AV operating permissions to performance metrics and public data reporting; the report is intended to inform state rulemaking at the DMV and CPUC and to press for stronger transparency standards.
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority on Sept. 9 approved a conceptual permitting framework that would require incremental, performance-based authorization of autonomous vehicle operations and public reporting of safety and operational data.
Drew Cooper, principal transportation modeler, presented the framework staff prepared at the board's earlier request. The proposal lays out phases beginning with testing with a safety driver, then pilot operations without a driver, and then incrementally larger commercial deployment phases. Each phase would come with operational constraints (where and when vehicles may operate and fleet size limits) and objective performance standards that a company must meet to advance or remain in a phase.
Cooper said the framework…
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