Webinar: Autonomous Vehicle Good Citizenry Standard

Presented by:

Sarah Kaufman, Interim Director, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation

Joseph Chow, Associate Professor, NYU

Thursday, June 29, 2023: 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET | Virtual

New York City is moving toward a more efficient, safer, and sustainable future that includes autonomous vehicles for transit, e-commerce, and medical transport. However, autonomy often runs on incomplete or flawed foundations: training data sets might not prepare vehicles to “see” people of color; transit shuttles may operate without safety considerations for women, frequent targets of sexual harassment on transit; delivery pods might be sharing personal data with several third parties. Although the City will regulate vehicle safety and efficacy on the street, autonomous mobility must be evaluated under more ambitious and holistic standards. The Responsible Autonomous Mobility (RAM) Framework aims to identify partnership in several areas.