Organizers
Ted Bailey, Cooperative Automated Transportation Program Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
Daniela Bremmer, Cooperative Automated Transportation Development Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
Robert Dingess, President, Mercer Strategic Alliance, Inc.
Shane McKenzie, Transportation Engineer Specialist, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Jose Herrera-Alonso, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, 3M
Shawn Brovolds, Market Development Manager – Connected Roads, 3M
Kyle Miller, Transportation Planning Specialist, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
Scott Shogan, Vice President, Michigan Area Manager, WSP
Tom Timcho, Principle Consultant – Connected and Automated Vehicles, WSP
Sandra Larson, Transportation Innovation Strategies Leader, Stanley Consultants
Session Description
Public Sector Infrastructure Owner Operators (IOOs) face many challenges and barriers to implementing roadway automation. At the same time, the private sector (OEMs, Tier 1 and Infrastructure Suppliers), consultants and academia are moving at a scale and pace that significantly exceed IOO’s readiness to engage and capacity to adapt. This creates roadblocks for innovation.
The objective of this breakout session is to create a better, mutual understanding of IOO’s and private sector assumptions and needs. The focus will be on finding workable solutions to overcome roadblocks and institutional barriers. This will support effective partnerships between private and public partners and help IOOs adopt and implement the automated and connected technologies that are currently being developed at a rapid pace.
Goals/Objectives/Outputs
- Candid conversations to facilitate open and tangible dialogue on how to support near term investment and deployment opportunities between IOOs and private sector
- Better private sector understanding of IOOs and how to engage State DOTs / IOOs.
- Identify real, near-term partnership opportunities: between State DOTs / IOOs and the Private Sector. Discuss where DOTs are planning to invest and what specific things are needed prior to making investment commitments
- Facilitate learning and identify a conceptual framework for sharing information and learning from the pilots, demonstrations and initial deployments.
- Summary of institutional barriers and actionable steps to address barriers
- Tangible, prioritized next steps oriented roundtable discussions to facilitate continued partnership conversations following the breakout for all participants.
- Overall, increased State DOT participation and engagement
1:30 PM – 1:40 PM Welcome and Introductions
Setting the stage for candid conversations
- Ted Bailey, Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) Program Manager, WSDOT
1:40 PM – 3:15 PM What does the partnership journey look like in the real-world?
Description: Opening Panel
Moderator:
- Kirk Steudle, Sr. Vice President, Econolite Systems (formerly Director – Michigan DOT)
Panelists Teams:
- Ted Bailey (Washington DOT) : Greta Knappenberger (Verizon)
- Jay Hietpas (Minnesota DOT) : Shawn Brovold (3M)
- Cynthia Jones (Ohio DOT) : Sue Bai (Honda R&D Americas, Inc.)
- Adam Shell (Iowa DOT) : Ross Sheckler (iCone)
- Kevin Biesty (Arizona DOT): Robert Dingess (Mercer Strategic Alliance, Inc.)
- Catherine C. McGhee (Virginia DOT): Andrew Donaldson (Danlaw Inc.)
Panelists will provide succinct, transparent and thought provoking remarks based on personal experiences relative to the identified focus areas. This will prepare workshop participants for the interactive and facilitated mini-breakout sessions that follow.
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Interactive Discussions: Identify Barriers and Solutions /Opportunities
Description: Interactive, mini-breakouts to reflect on opening panel. Identify barriers and possible opportunities to overcome barriers.
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Identifying the top issues, barriers and actions
Description: Based on the previous discussion of barriers and possible opportunities to overcome those barriers, participants of each break-out group select the top two issues discussed and describe the goal and context of the issue trying to address; the top barrier; key action and next step to overcome the barrier; one potential pilot deployment and or needed research.
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Session Title: Moving Forward (Conclusion)
- Daniela Bremmer, Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) Development Manager, WSDOT
Description: Each Break-out Facilitator shares the top one or two opportunities to overcome the primary barriers discussed; follow-up actions that should be taken and or discussions that should be brought to a sponsoring group and/or others decision making forum for action.