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Automated vehicles – what are they
and what will they mean for tourism?
Victorian Tourism Conference
Marcus Burke
National Transport Commission
July 2017
NTC is a national reform body
“The National Transport Commission is an
independent statutory body that contributes to
the achievement of national transport policy
objectives by developing regulatory and
operational reform of road, rail and intermodal
transport”
A key focus area
is technology
Why?
• 1,295
• 35,552
• 1.2 million
94% of crashes caused by human
error
What we will cover today
• Connected – Automated – Electric – Shared
• What is an automated vehicle?
• Trials in Australia and overseas
• Australian reforms
• Tourism impacts
What’s the problem?
• Safety
• Access/ mobility
• Congestion
• Environmental impact
Connected vehicles
Electric vehicles
Ride sharing/ car sharing
‘Mobility as a service’
“a digital platform that integrates end-to-end trip
planning, booking, electronic ticketing, and
payment services across all modes of
transportation, public or private”
Levels of Automation
Vehicle technology
Source: prezi
When?
Sources: Autotrader, USA Today, International Business Times
Source: Waymo, Electrek
Trials in Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A01g6BBYPAo
Trials in Australia
Trials in Australia
Trials in Australia
Technical challenges
• Weather conditions
• Dust
• Unsealed roads
• Different road users
• Emergency services
• Safety
• Support technological innovation
• Recognise international product assessment
• Cost
• Legal accountability
Trials in Australia
http://www.austroads.com.au/drivers-
vehicles/connected-and-automated-vehicles/trials
Trials Internationally
Volvo Drive Me
Volvo Drive Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqtu39d3CU
Trials California
Volkswagen Group
Mercedes Benz
Waymo
Delphi Automotive
Tesla Motors
Bosch
Nissan
GM Cruise LLC
BMW
Honda
Ford
Zoox, Inc.
Drive.ai, Inc.
Faraday & Future Inc.
Baidu USA LLC
Wheego Electric Cars Inc.
Valeo North America, Inc.
NextEV USA, Inc.
Telenav, Inc.
NVIDIA Corporation
AutoX Technologies Inc
Subaru
Trials California
Udacity, Inc
Navya Inc.
Renovo.auto
UATC LLC (Uber)
PlusAi Inc
Nuro, Inc
CarOne LLC
Apple Inc.
Bauer’s Intelligent
Transportation
Pony.AI
TuSimple
Trials Phoenix
Trials Singapore
Trucking
NTC regulatory barriers to automated
vehicles
What are the obligations of a driver?
Obligations on drivers:
• Safe driving/ road rules
• Licenses and permits
• Interaction with enforcement
• Interaction with other road users
• Passenger compliance
• Provisions not relevant to automated systems
• Vehicle obligations
What Australia has planned
• National guidelines for on-road
field trials
• National enforcement
guidelines that clarify
regulatory concept of control
• A national safety assurance
system
2017 2018
• Review and reform current
driver and driving laws
• State and territory review of
compulsory third party
insurance laws
• Options to manage government
access to AV data
National guidelines for automated
vehicle trialsKey areas:
• Scope of operations
• Safety management plan
• Appropriate insurance
• Agree to provide key
data
Flexibility and safety
Approved by transport
ministers in May 2017
Industry disruptions
• Automotive
• Taxi
• Freight
• Bus
• Public transport
• Insurance
• Parking
• Airports
• Planning
• Ports
• Automotive
associations
• Building design
• Government
compulsory third party
insurance schemes
• Governments
• Toll roads
• Tourism?
Tourism opportunities
How people access tourism services
- Improving access to regional areas?
- Greater mobility for those who don’t own a
car?
- Greater mobility for international visitors who
don't want to drive?
Tourism opportunities
New services
- New vehicle types and applications
- What could automated shuttles do?
- Last mile
- Events
- Tour staff focus on customers not driving
Challenges
• Uncertainty – timing, applications/ use cases,
consumer take up, business models,
infrastructure requirements…
• Evolving technology
• Mixed fleets
Conclusions
• Transport will radically change over the next
5-10 years
• Connected – Automated – Shared – Electric
• Consumers will access services in different
ways
• The roll out will be progressive – likely from
2020 - Low speed shuttles, highway driving
• It will continue to evolve.
For further information www.ntc.gov.au
For further information
National Transport Commission
http://www.ntc.gov.au/
Marcus Burke [email protected]
The National Transport Commission leads regulatory
and operational reform nationally to meet the needs of
transport users and the broader community for safe,
efficient and sustainable land transport.
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