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CV/AV Proving Ground USDOT Opportunity Nicole Katsikides Deputy Director Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering

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Page 1: CV/AV Proving Ground USDOT Opportunity Proving Ground Overview.pdfCV/AV Proving Ground USDOT Opportunity Nicole Katsikides Deputy Director. Maryland Department of Transportation, State

CV/AV Proving Ground USDOT Opportunity

Nicole Katsikides

Deputy Director

Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration

Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering

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Why Designation of Proving Grounds

Encourage new levels of public safety

Transform personal and commercial mobility

Open new doors to disadvantaged people and communities

Form Community of Practice around safe testing and deployment

Share best practices for testing and operations

Enable faster learning

Accelerate deployment

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Eligible Entities

Test tracks

Testing facilities

Race tracks

Cities/urban cores

Highway corridors

Campuses (corporate or academic)

Facilities will not be limited to predetermined size, number or variety of domains/capabilities

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Criteria

Designated Safety Officer

Sharing of safety approaches and safety data generated through testing and operation

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Additional Criteria

Proposed Contributions Commitment to Safety Research, Application and Data Sharing Demonstrated Investments Adherence to Laws, Regulations and Federal Policy

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Current Facilities and Operations in the U.S.

American Center for Mobility (MI)

MCity (MI)

GoMentum Station (CA)

Texas A&M Riverside Campus (TX)

Orlando (FL)

Tampa Selmon Expressway (FL)

Virginia Smart Road (VA)

Maricopa County AzTech (AZ)

Ohio State University (OH)

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Considerations for Maryland

Economic development

Innovation and technological advances

Safety innovations and improvements

Resources and partnerships

Academic partnerships

Policy

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Opportunities

Aberdeen Proving Ground testing high speed autonomous vehicles on Army facilities

Law Enforcement Training Center is being outfitted for testing by FHWA

FHWA has interest in our special highway lanes (ETL)

MDOT SHA and partners working on corridor concepts

Local innovative private sector advancements

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Special Lanes Example

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Timeline

Designation Application development

Commitments needed

Immediately

Applications due December 19th

Designations to be made first quarter 2017

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Questions and Ideas

Nicole KatsikidesMaryland DOT, [email protected]