Federal Highway Administration National Dialogue on Highway Automation: August 1-2, 2018 Digital Infrastructure and Data Workshop Summary

Breakout Session III: Action Planning Discussion

This section summarizes feedback from stakeholders who participated in the final breakout session focused on developing an action plan around data and digital infrastructure for AVs. Key suggestions from this discussion included the following:

• Set goals and expectations for the future of the transportation system.
• Strive for a digital infrastructure system that delivers both safety and mobility solutions through connected and automated vehicles.
• Work toward interoperability and appropriate levels of nationwide consistency.
• Develop consistent, clear, and harmonized standards.
• Coordinate both internally and externally to standardize terminology.
• Coordinate with other Federal agencies, State DOTs, and industry stakeholders to agree upon minimum needs and standards for data provided by public agencies.
• Develop examples of data requirements and digital infrastructure minimums for State and local DOTs to leverage while in discussion and collaboration with partners and stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders on use cases reflecting integration of AV's into the roadway network that do and do not warrant data and digital infrastructure standardization.
• Support knowledge-sharing by facilitating, convening, and fostering stakeholder groups, task forces, and communities of practice that are prepared to address policies, practices, and issues as they arise.
• Work with States and cities to document and share lessons learned from AV testing and pilots. MPOs are in a good position to precipitate this process by providing their documented use cases and lessons learned.
• Continue to show the potential for new uses of transportation data by encouraging both the exchange of data and knowledge transfer of challenges associated with such exchanges.
• Facilitate peer exchanges between infrastructure owners and operators on data sharing and management models.
• Provide guidance and encouragement to State and local DOT leaders on the importance of data accessibility and sharing.
• Provide guidance or create standards for when and how law enforcement can access vehicle data and metadata.
• Provide opportunities to States to explore development of digital infrastructure that specifically supports connected and automated vehicles.
• Include data collection and retention policies and processes in corridor management project funding applications.