In this episode, SHOW welcomes a special guest, Professor William (Billy) Riggs from the University of San Francisco. He shares his views on the current deployments of robotaxis in the US, especially through his collaboration with Cruise in San Francisco. We learn about the service in place and how it can complement the public transport system at nighttime. Billy tells us about his vision of a liveable city in which “autonomous travel is connected to our goals of a pedestrian and cycling-friendly city”. 

Links: 

• University of San Francisco, School of Management


• Autonomous Vehicles & the City Initiative: November 2022 conference recordings 


• Cruise Self Driving Cars


• Paper “The Trip Characteristics of Pilot Autonomous Vehicle Rider Program” by William Riggs et al., 2022 


• Book “End of the Road – Reimagining the street as the heart of the city” by William Riggs, Bristol Press 2022 


• Paper “Gaps and opportunities in accessibility policy for Autonomous Vehicles”, Mineta Transportation Institute, 2021 


• The 15-minute city by Carlos Moreno 

Acronyms: 

• TNC: Transportation Network Companies (e.g., Uber, Lyft) 


• ODD: Operational Domain Design 

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