C2SMART co-hosted the 6th Symposium on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in New York City REDUX event with NYC Town+Gown on April 18. This knowledge transfer event was based on the symposium held by C2SMART on October 23-24, 2018, at NYU Tandon in conjunction with City University of New York, University at Buffalo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Rutgers University. The symposium brought together engineers, land-use planners, policymakers, industry representatives, agency staff, academic researchers, and others to address the challenges involved in real-world deployment of connected and autonomous vehicle technology in the city.

C2SMART Director Kaan Ozbay and Professor Alain Kornhauser, Princeton University, presented a summary of the symposium, followed by an update on the NYCDOT Connected Vehicle Pilot  Project by Mohamad Talas, Director of ITS Management & CV Pilot Program Manager, NYCDOT. Experts and stakeholders from academia and government agencies offered further insights on the need for a CAV testbed in New York City, policy directions for CAVs, EVs, and shared vehicles, and accessibility concerns related to CAVs. The event concluded with a panel discussion on future collaborative efforts in CAVs.

The full event agenda is below:

9:00 a.m.—9:30 a.m.              Summary of the NYC CAV Symposium in October 2018

• Kaan Ozbay, Professor & Director, C2SMART Center, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
• Alain Kornhauser, Professor, PAVE, Princeton University

9:30 a.m.—9:45 a.m.              Updates on the NYC Connected Vehicle Pilot Project

• Mohamad Talas, Director of ITS Management & CV Pilot Program Manager, NYC Department of Transportation

9:45 a.m.—10:15 a.m.            CAVs in Smart Cities, and the Need for a CAV Testbed in New York City

• Joah Sapphire, Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University SIPA
• Li Jin, Professor, C2SMART Center, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
• Kaan Ozbay, Professor & Director, C2SMART Center, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

10:15 a.m.—10:30 a.m.          Break

10:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m.          CAV, EV, and Shared Vehicles Policy/Strategy

• Patrick Smith, New Mobility Policy Analyst, NYC Department of Transportation
• Dawn Miller, Chief of Staff, Taxi and Limousine Commission

11:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.          CAVs, Accessibility, and Inclusive Design for People with Disabilities

• Quemuel Arroyo, Policy Analyst, NYC Department of Transportation
• John-Ross Rizzo, Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Alliance and Center Transforming Low Vision (REACTIV Lab), NYU School of Medicine
• Edward Friedman, Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

11:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.          Panel Discussion: Future Collaborative Efforts in CAVs

• Simon Sylvester-Chaudhuri, CIV:LAB
• Sarah Kaufman, Associate Director, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation
• Robyn Marquis, Project Manager, Clean Transportation, NYSERDA
• Shri Iyer, Associate Director, C2SMART Center, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
• Patrick Smith, New Mobility Policy Analyst, NYC Department of Transportation