Committee hears autonomous-vehicle update: state permitting, local safety limits and citation challenges
City staff and public-safety partners described autonomous-vehicle activity in Austin, data-sharing practices, difficulties issuing citations to driverless vehicles, and a new Texas permitting process that will shift oversight to the DMV.
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City transportation and public-safety staff told the Austin City Council Mobility Committee that autonomous-vehicle (AV) operations in Austin are expanding rapidly, and that a Texas law and DMV rulemaking due this winter will create a state-level permitting and first-responder plan process for commercial AV operations.
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