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 mburke@ntc.gov.au

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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