COURSE DATES & SCHEDULE

4, 5 & 6 of February 2020

ABOUT THE COURSE

Autonomous vehicles change the way we think about urban transportation, public transit, land use and urban design. While every city will experience change in the near future, some will be better prepared for it.

In this 3-day course, you will think through multiple, interrelated causes and stages of change. Focus on achievable, near-term adjustments while minimizing reliance on uncertain, long-range technology projections.

Discover ideas that permit a directed, gradual and immediate approach to preparing for coming changes in mobility technologies and their diffusion. Apply these ideas to specific problems in the city or region of your choice. Consider what needs to be done to prepare for ten percent of all passenger kilometers in a target jurisdiction to be provided by autonomous taxis or shuttles. Look at configuring and regulating sidewalks and curbs. Deepen your understanding of such important and interrelated issues as parking, road-use fees, bike lanes, rights of way, seniors’ mobility, pedestrian safety, delivery drones and much more. Enhance your planning outlook to address productivity and job opportunities in this vibrant new sector.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

• Understand the growing acceptance and impact of automated vehicles in cities and regions.
• Consider four stages of planning: early, rising, plateau and mature.
• Approach issues with an understanding of economic, environmental and social opportunities and risks.
• Integrate private and public transit, with an eye on congestion, land use and other critical issues.
• Learn how to create a custom plan to address deployment issues in any planning area.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This course is geared to anyone whose responsibilities require knowledge of AV related issues, processes and regulations – urban planners, educators, fleet managers, transit agency staff, economists, analysts, R&D managers and others.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

10.00 – 10.30 > Intro to Course

10.30 – 11.15 > Module 1: Two Markets

11.15 – 11.45 > Coffee break

11.45 – 13.15 > Modules 2 / 3: Multiple Transitions / Conflicting Narratives

13.15 – 14.15 > Lunch

14.15 – 15.45 > Modules 4 / 5: Contexts of Change / Digitalization and New Mobility

Networking with local stakeholders & Social event (@Pier01)

18.00 – 18.30 > Barcelona, one of the most vibrant tech hubs in the world (Speaker TBC)

18.30 – 19.00 > Prospects of Future Mobility in Catalonia (Speaker TBC)

19.00 – 19.30 > Autonomous Vehicles: a roadmap for Catalonia (Speaker TBC)

19.30 – 20.00 > An overview on current developments on AVs in Catalonia (TBC, SEAT)

20.00 > Dinner (venue TBC)

09.30 – 10.15 > Module 6: Diffusion

10.15 – 10.55 > Coffee break

10.45 – 12.15 > Modules 7 / 8: Barriers / Mobility Justice

12.15 – 13.15 > Lunch

13.15 – 14.45 > Modules 9 / 10: Infrastructure Risks / 50% Percent City

Networking with local stakeholders & Social event (Host & Venue TBC)

18.00 – 18.20 > Galileo For Mobility Autonomous Vehicle Pilot UAB (Martí Jofre, PILDO Labs)

18.20 - 18.50 > Roadmap to Automation in Public Transport (Speaker TBC, UITP)

18.50 – 19.10 > Catalonia Living Lab (Speaker TBC)

19.10 – 19.40 > Piloting AVs for real in Catalonia (Speaker TBC)

19.40 – 20.00 > Demonstrating AV fleets for Public Transport in Catalonia (Speaker TBC)

20.00 > Dinner (venue TBC)

09.30 – 11.00 > Modules 11 / 12: Land Use / Autonomous Transit Fleets

11.00 – 11.30 > Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 > Modules 13 / 14: Software-Defined Transit / Behavioural Economics

13.00 – 13.15 > Short Break

13.15 – 14.00 > Module 15: What About Rapid Transit?

14.00 > Closure & Lunch

>> DOWNLOAD THE DETAILED COURSE PROGRAMME HERE

INSTRUCTOR

Bern Grush is Chief Innovation Officer at Harmonize Mobility and Automated Fleet Strategist at Grush Niles Strategic. An inventor and entrepreneur, Bern authored “The End of Driving: Transportation Systems and Public Policy Planning for Autonomous Vehicles” (Elsevier, 2018). He was named Toronto Star Wheels’ Newsmaker of the Year for his research on vehicle automation. Bern’s latest innovation — software-defined transit — manages the social, spatial, and environmental policy performance of massive, competing fleets of TNCs and robotaxis. Bern earned the MaSc in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He usually gives this course at the University of Toronto.

ORGANIZED BY

FACTUAL Consulting

For more information and sponsoring opportunities please e-mail > info@factual-consulting.com

CO-ORGANIZED BY

Harmonize Mobility, ESADE Creapolis

SUPPORTED BY

TravelSpirit