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Federal Highway Administration National Dialogue on Highway Automation: September 5-6, 2018 Freight Workshop Summary

Appendix B: Workshop Agenda

Day 1: Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Time (CT) Agenda Item Name
12:30 PM Registration & Sign-In No Value
1:00 PM Introduction Catherine Batey, Division Administrator
FHWA Illinois Division
1:10 PM Opening Remarks Justine Sydello, Deputy Secretary
Illinois Department of Transportation
1:25 PM National Dialogue Overview Vince Mantero, Team Lead
FHWA Research and Analysis, Office of Freight Management and Operations
1:45 PM Small Group Instructions John Corbin, Connected Automated Vehicle Program Manager
FHWA Office of Transportation Management
1:50 PM Small Group Session 1:

Roadway Infrastructure and Conditions

 All Participants
3:00 PM Small Group Session 1 Report-Out All Participants
3:30 PM Break No Value
3:45 PM Collaboration Corner

Participants rotate around to different stalls to provide input on various topics

Topics:

  1. Future of Freight: Operational environments and use cases
  2. Traffic Operations: Opportunities and challenges
  3. Infrastructure: Design considerations and impacts
  4. Connectivity: Enhancing information exchange and cooperation
  5. Terminology: Developing a lexicon around highway automation
  6. Research Needs: Collecting research needs statements
  7. Parking Lot: Important questions and comments that do not cleanly fit at any of the other posts
5:00 PM Wrap Up and Preparation for Day 2 John Corbin, FHWA
5:30 PM End of Day 1 No Value

Day 2: Thursday, September 6, 2018

Time (CT) Agenda Item Name
7:30 AM Registration & Sign‐In No Value
8:00 AM Kick‐Off Day 2 Caitlin Hughes, Director
FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations
8:15 AM Instructions for Small Groups John Corbin, FHWA
8:20 AM Small Group Session 2:

Operational Design Domain and Safe Operations

 All Participants
9:20 AM Small Group Session 2 Report-Out All Participants
10:00 AM Break No Value
10:20 AM Preparing for Automated Vehicles:

Freight Perspectives

 Facilitated by Caitlin Hughes, FHWA

Panelists:

  • Stephen Boyd, Founder and VP of External Affairs, Peloton
  • Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation
  • Nate Wells III, Vice President of Operations Planning and Engineering, FedEx Freight
  • Tom Murtha, Senior Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
11:30 AM Lunch (not included) No Value
1:00 PM Small Group Session 3: What's Next?

Each table develops next steps

Topics:

  • Developing the Moonshot
  • Near‐Term vs. Long‐Term Actions
  • Federal, State, Local Roles
  • Other topics
2:30 PM Wrap Up and Next Steps All Participants
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