The Road to Autonomous & Electric Vehicles
SPEAKERS:
Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
David Somo, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Marketing & Solutions Engineering, On Semiconductor
OVERVIEW:
This presentation will explore key enabling technologies, trends and adoption drivers for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). AVs require the confluence of new technologies like sensor fusion, artificial intelligence, connectivity and security, in addition to a supportive policy, certification and regulatory environment. Improved fuel economy and reduced emissions are leading to the broader adoption of EVs. We’ll explore drivers by region, the various types of electric motors and the key technologies being used in EVs such as new wide band gap semiconductor devices.
Understanding the Travel Trends of Teens and Young Adults
Driving has been flat or declining for much of the 2000s, especially among the so-called Millennial Generation. Explanations for this break with a near century long driving trends abound: Young adults are rejecting the suburban, auto-oriented lifestyles favored by their parents; a new greener ethos is motivating young people to move to cities where they travel more by foot, bike, and public transit; information and communications technologies have diminished the marginal utility of driving; tougher economic times have kept otherwise willing young drivers out of cars; and so on. This webinar presents the results of a multi-year study of Millennials and travel to explain what is behind the driving declines because the policy implications vary significantly depending on what is really behind these trends.
Speakers:
Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
Evelyn Blumenberg, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Brian D. Taylor, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
REFERENCES
What’s Youth Got To Do With It? Exploring the Travel Behavior of Teens and Young Adults
Ralph, Kelcie, Carole Turley Voulgaris, Anne Brown, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor. Forthcoming. “Millennials, built form, and travel: Insights from a nationwide typology of U.S. neighborhoods,” Journal of Transport Geography.
Blumenberg, Evelyn, Kelcie Ralph, Michael Smart, and Brian D. Taylor. Forthcoming. “Who Knows About Kids These Days? Analyzing the Determinants of Youth and Adult Mobility in the U.S. between 1990 and 2009,” Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice. (Authors listed alphabetically).
Voulgaris, Carole Turley, Brian D. Taylor, Evelyn Blumenberg, Anne Brown, and Kelcie Ralph. 2017. “Synergistic Neighborhood Relationships with Travel Behavior: An Analysis of Travel in 30,000 U.S. Neighborhoods,” Journal of Transport and Land Use, 10(2): 1-25. (https://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2016.840).
Brown, Anne, Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian D. Taylor, Kelcie Ralph, and Carole Turley Voulgaris. 2016. “A Taste for Transit? Analyzing Public Transit Use Trends Among Youth,” Journal of Public Transportation, 19(1): 49-67. (https://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.19.1.4).
Air Traffic Control for the 21st Century
Join the Eno Center for Transportation for an event on air traffic control reform. The event will be hosted by Eno President and CEO, Robert Puentes along with aviation expert Rui Neiva.
The event is centered around Eno’s newest report – Time for Reform: Delivering Modern Air Traffic Control. The report calls for taking air traffic control out of the Federal Aviation Administration in favor of either a government corporation or an independent, non-profit organization. It also proposes a new funding structure that relies on user fees, rather than the current mix of taxes and general funds.
After 30 years of attempted reforms, there is now an opportunity to move forward and reform ATC into a system more ready to tackle the challenges of the future.
Delivering Modern Air Traffic Control
Join the Eno Center for Transportation for an event on air traffic control reform. The event will be hosted by Eno President and CEO, Robert Puentes along with former U.S. Secretary of Transportation James Burnley and former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan. Eno aviation expert Rui Neiva will also be presenting.
The event is centered around Eno’s newest report – Time for Reform: Delivering Modern Air Traffic Control. The report calls for taking air traffic control out of the Federal Aviation Administration in favor of either a government corporation or an independent, non-profit organization. It also proposes a new funding structure that relies on user fees, rather than the current mix of taxes and general funds.
25th Annual Future Leaders Development Conference Dinner
On June 8, 2017 the Eno Center will hold its 25th annual Future Leaders Development Conference Dinner in Washington DC. The dinner is the culmination of Eno’s Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC). The conference gives 20 of the nation’s top graduate students in transportation a first-hand look at how national transportation policies are developed. Students apply to the program early in the year, and those selected as “Eno Fellows” come to DC for a week of meetings with federal officials and leaders of business and non-profit organizations.
This year the Eno Center for Transportation will honor Jane Garvey – former Federal Aviation Administration Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration – with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Robert Prince – former Vice President of AECOM with the Wilbur S. Smith Friend of Eno Award.
Jane Garvey is currently the North American Chairman of Meridiam Infrastructure. She has held a variety of senior positions in both the public and private infrastructure sectors. Most recently, she served on the Transition Team for President Barack Obama where she focused on transportation policies and related challenges facing the new administration. Prior to that, Ms. Garvey served as the 14th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and also served as the Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Robert Prince is currently with Gannon Consult and is the retired Vice President of Transit at AECOM. Prior to this, he spent 25 years at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority starting as a bus operator and working his way up to general manager. He served many years as Chairman of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO). Mr. Prince is a regular figure at Eno’s various leadership courses and events.
Eno is also introducing a new award this year – the Eno Thought Leader Award. In 2016, Eno created the award to recognize exemplary achievement in the field of transportation research and scholarship. It acknowledges individuals that have a demonstrated body of rigorous, timely, and impactful work. The inaugural award will be given to Martin Wachs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA.
Martin Wachs spent 25 years teaching at UCLA, acting as Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning for 11 years. After retirement from the university, Dr. Wachs became the Director of the Transportation, Space, and Technology Program at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica. He is now semi-retired and teaches courses and conducts research at UCLA and RAND.
Award Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Garvey, North American Chairman, Meridiam
Wilbur S. Smith Friend of Eno Award
Robert Prince, Vice President, AECOM (retired)
Eno Thought Leader Award
Martin Wachs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA
Reception and Dinner
June 8, 2017
6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005
Interested in learning more? Visit the LDC conference page here.
Thank you to our 2017 LDC Sponsors
Dinner Sponsor
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Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in being a 2017 LDC sponsor, please email Karen Price at kprice@enotrans.org or download the sponsor information packet below:
State DOTs and Self Driving Vehicles Workshop – Invite Only
This event is invitation only. For more information on Eno’s Digital Cities work, visit the project page here or contact Paul Lewis at plewis@enotrans.org.
Eno Digital Cities Reception at TRB
Join the Eno Center for our free annual TRB reception as we near our second Digital Cities event – Capital Convergence(CapCon).
CapCon will bring transportation, technology, and policy leaders from across the country to Washington D.C. on January 26, 2017 to discuss the latest advances in transportation technology. Building off Eno’s 2016 Convergence, CapCon will focus on specific examples from metropolitan Washington and across the country.
The reception will provide an opportunity to network with experts from all areas of transportation as well as to learn about the Eno Center.
Free Admission | One drink ticket per attendee | Cash Bar | Beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
