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  • Statewide strategic planning and policy on CAVs 
  • Provide reports to state legislators and governors regarding CAV opportunities, challenges, and guidance  
  • Advise local governments on CAV technology 
  • Look at both passenger and freight challenges 
  • Identify strategic partnership opportunities for CAV testing, pilots and deployment 
  • Provide guidance on preparing transportation technology and network infrastructure 
  • Provide guidance on preparing for CV Data and information: management, storage, ownership 
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on testing, voluntary certification, Pilot Programs/Projects and deployment of CAV 
  • Review operation and safety of CAVs 
  • Review impacts on public safety and perception 
  • Review Privacy & Security and make recommendations 

Reference Source: Texas Department of Transportation 

Figure A. Reference Source: Texas Department of Transportation 

Figure 1. States with Autonomous Vehicles Enacted Legislation and Executive Orders

Reference Source:  National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

  • Statewide strategic planning and policy on CAVs 
  • Provide reports to state legislators and governors regarding CAV opportunities, challenges, and guidance  
  • Advise local governments on CAV technology 
  • Look at both passenger and freight challenges 
  • Identify strategic partnership opportunities for CAV testing, pilots and deployment 
  • Provide guidance on preparing transportation technology and network infrastructure 
  • Provide guidance on preparing for CV Data and information: management, storage, ownership 
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on testing, voluntary certification, Pilot Programs/Projects and deployment of CAV 
  • Review operation and safety of CAVs 
  • Review impacts on public safety and perception 
  • Review Privacy & Security and make recommendations  
  • Crash and Incident Reporting Requirements 
  • Changes in ownership, changes in freedoms 
  • Extreme events and mass rescue
  • Resourcing and organizational alignment 
  • Lessons learned and successes  
  • Testing experiences & feedback from manufacturers/OEMs on infrastructure needs 
  • Standardizing and Harmonizing State Regulations: Vehicle Code, Enforcement and Compliance 
  • Multistate corridors 
  • Cross border/jurisdictional interoperability 
  • Peer network development & support, best practice synthesis, research needs & projects (supplement NCHRP & FHWA), research products/tools/guidance implementation & training 
  • Advice on where the state can make investments 
  • Electrification 
  • Environmental aspects 
  • Impacts to revenue for road systems 
  • Changes in public transportation 
  • Changes in traffic location, density 
  • Technical Details / Operating Design Domains 
  • Insurance and financial responsibility / liability 
  • Examine multi-modal applications and seams 
  • Changing workforce impacts and agency staffing 
  • Education curriculum and public engagement 
  • Law enforcement interaction