Out on the road: The importance of applying industry safety standards to AV development

Safety is at the core of everything we do at Aurora—from how we test and develop, to the culture we create and the products we are working to deploy. A […]
Putting the Pieces Together: Addressing the Role of Behavioral Safety in the Safe System Approach

GHSA’s new report makes the case for the integral role of behavioral safety and road user responsibility in the Safe System approach to traffic safety. Putting the Pieces Together: Addressing the […]
J.D. Power 2021 Mobility Confidence Index Study – Whitepaper

The J.D. Power 2021 Mobility Confidence Index (MCI) Study in collaboration with MIT AVT and PAVE brings together three organizations with an aligned mission to understand consumer knowledge and acceptance […]
Learning from the Failure of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems: Accidents, Safety, and Sociotechnical Sources of Risk

Efforts to develop autonomous and intelligent systems (AIS) have exploded across a range of settings in recent years, from self-driving cars to medical diagnostic chatbots. These have the potential to […]
Autonomous Vehicle Regulation and Trust

The autonomous vehicle (AV) industry works very hard to create public trust in both AV technology and its developers. Building trust is part of a strategy to permit the industry […]
AVSC Best Practice for Evaluation of Behavioral Competencies for Automated Driving System Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs)

Driving safely is a complex task. It involves a broad range of skills invoked in a vast number of potential scenarios. Assessing a set of behavioral competencies offers a valuable […]
2021 Motional Consumer Mobility Report

Americans see promise in AVs, but more work to do. For the second year in a row, Motional has commissioned a Consumer Mobility Report to help shed light on how the general […]
World Safety Summit 2021 Panel: AVs Beyond AI – Ensuring Safety at The System Level

This panel is sponsored by Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) and moderated by Edward Niedermeyer, Director of Communications for PAVE. Ed is joined by Kartik Tiwari of Gatik, Nandita […]
Debunking AV Industry Positions on Standards and Regulations

Too often, I’ve read documents or listened to panel sessions that rehash misleading or just plain incorrect industry talking points regarding autonomous vehicle standards and regulations. The current industry strategy […]
Developing Urban Mobility Policy in Response to Autonomous Vehicles: A Multi-Party Policy Development Simulation

Mobility of people and goods is one of the defining characteristics of an urban environment. Efficient and effective mobility enables economic vitality, urban livability, and can contribute to an equitable […]