Post on 28-Jun-2020
TexnologyWhere Texas Meets TechMike Heiligenstein, Executive DirectorCentral Texas Regional Mobility Authority
HOW DO WE GET FROM HERE
The Big Question on Everyone’s Mind
TO THERE
Navigating the crossroads between old and new
OR MAYBE JUST HERE FOR NOW
The Transportation Landscape is Changing Rapidly
ITS / Traffic Management
Fiber Optic Backbone Managed
Lanes/Congestion Pricing
Open Road Tolling
1995-2005 2005 – 2015 2015-2025
How do we strategically invest in emerging technologies with so much uncertainty about the future?
All-Electronic Tolling/Cashless
Video Tolling DSCR/Bluetooth Smart Phones/Tolling
Apps Vehicle Miles
Traveled Tax / User Fee
Connected Vehicles/Corridors
Automated Vehicles On Demand/Shared
Mobility Mobility “disruptors” Mobility As A Service
Our industry has been a leader in adopting new technology
The Texas Sized Challenge
Exurbanization
Limited public transportation
Road-centric
Complex and expansive transportation infrastructure
Numerous transportation providers
Large geographically diverse
Approach: Manage technology disruption proactively through partnerships
Texas Approach: CollaborationA network of public agencies, private sector, and research institutions advancing mobility
• Texas Department of Transportation Technology Task Force
• Texas Innovation Alliance – 8 Regions
FHWA Smart Cities Challenge
Automated Vehicle Proving GroundsCOMMUNITY OF PRACTICE• Sharing and implementing best practices.• Supporting peer projects by sharing lessons
learned.
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING• Continuous and unified promotion of the
Partnership, its activities, and the Partnership’s mission and objectives.
MAKE TEXAS A LEADER• Early adopters of emerging transportation
technologies• Advance their development, proving, and
deployment.
PROVING GROUNDS• Texas A&M RELLIS Campus• UT Austin and JJ Pickle Campuses• SwRI Campus
What are the Challenges? Jurisdictional independence (central versus local) Disruptive change
‒ On Demand/Shared Mobility‒ Connected Corridors‒ Automated vehicles‒ Mobility as a service
Knowing when or if the time is right for new ideas‒ Cashless tolling‒ Vehicle miles traveled tax‒ Aging infrastructure
People and Industries are Slow to Change‒ Slow turnover of vehicle fleet‒ Desire to own/drive cars
Entire industries are at risk including our own
Austin Initiatives Interagency Group (regional collaboration)
Express Lanes with Park and Ride‒ Joint effort with Cap Metro (regional public transport agency)
‒ On-demand transit
‒ Private providers
‒ Transit hubs/mixed-use multi-modal centers
Regional traffic management
Connected Corridors - ITS enhancements (wrong way driver initiative
Downtown automated bus pilot
Planning for dedicated/automated busways
Pilot Project: Automated Vehicle Corridor
Narrow corridor with limited room for traditional highway Homes directly adjacent Potential automated vehicle test
bed‒ Mass transit vehicles‒ On-demand/shared mobility
services‒ Individual early adopter Level 4/5
vehicles
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