U.S. DOT Announces Public Meeting on Automated Vehicles

On Feb. 12, 2018, the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a notice announcing a public meeting to discuss DOT’s Automated Vehicles (AV) 3.0 document, which will provide a framework for automation in the surface transportation system and describe DOT’s multimodal approach to the safe rollout of AVs. The objectives of the public meeting are to get feedback on the draft AV 3.0 framework and identify priority federal and non-federal activities that can accelerate the safe rollout of AVs. The meeting will be in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2018, from 1-4 p.m. EST.