In all kinds of companies and the “hard work” under the automatic driving, we are getting closer and closer. But it may not be just the relationship between people and cars, and road traffic itself will have to change with the arrival of autopilot.
Recently, the National Association of urban traffic officials (hereinafter referred to as “NACTO”) issued a report on the future blueprint of the driverless city. The report gives a comprehensive and detailed introduction to —— how the future automated traffic will be integrated into the whole urban building environment, and how these changes are accepted and popularized.
Why will the area of the road be smaller in the future? Why does the road look more like a garden in the city? What kind of changes will happen to our personal life? In this report, Lei Feng network (public number: Lei Feng net) has been compiled and analyzed on the basis of the original report.
NACTO
The National Association of urban transportation officials (hereinafter referred to as “NACTO”) is a non-profit organization and an alliance of urban transport departments. It aims to provide safe, sustainable, convenient and reasonable transportation options to support strong economic and convenient life needs. It represents the views of the big cities on the local, regional and national traffic problems. At the same time, it is also committed to improving the practice of street design and transportation by establishing common vision and sharing data to conduct regular exchanges in seminars and meetings and in member cities.
At present, NACTO is “in the US and ” in the member city. There are more than 20 Atlanta, Austen, Boston, Chicago, Houston, New York, Santiago and Toronto, Vancouver and so on.
A vision: the highway is no longer restricted, but the human living space:
The report,   NACTO; the chief member of the Executive Committee of New York Municipal Bureau of transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan first proposed to her city unmanned traffic vision —— people-oriented, which is the basis of the unmanned city blueprint.
The new transport technology, streets will be redesigned to meet human needs: first the sidewalk will become the shared business space, and not just for parking; driving lanes will only take what they need the road space, but also can efficiently carry passengers. Finally, the urban space will focus on the ‘that can really move the city, and mobile’, such as public transportation, walking, cycling and sharing amusement facilities.
Most importantly, the blueprint actually sees the coming self driving as a good opportunity to transform the streets for human beings, not just a revolution triggered by technology.
Two, policy ideas and action
1, build six standards
There is no doubt that every city needs a strong policy to guide the pilotless future. According to the six guidelines mentioned above, the following are the key steps that the NACTO members are taking and implementing to build the future of an automated city.
Safety:
1) set sidewalks and speed limits for bicycles and driving vehicles (20 miles per hour).
2) use the third party platform to collect the anonymity and data of vehicles running in the city, so as to identify dangerous areas and redesign streets for safe operation.
3) establish the operational and geometric principles of urban streets, and determine the safe operation of driving vehicles and unmanned vehicles.
The flow of
1) the establishment of the city's AV working group, all municipal departments must participate in the planning of unmanned vehicles.
2) motivate the initiative: building streets should give priority to sustainable and proactive models, such as transit, walking and cycling.
3) regional cooperation, promote internal operability: the overall coverage of all areas of the city, the integration of it on a platform to facilitate the use of customers.
right balance
1) stop the road expansion: update the existing mode of transportation and reduce the demand for roads by increasing the efficiency of automation.
2) ride in the transfer Lane: design the travel route for a large number of transport services to improve the personnel throughput of the key aisles.
3) to use do not make full use of the road, people walking along the sidewalk to ensure the safety and comfort of
Real time management of
1) Street data management: using the third party data platform to safely and seamlessly exchange the data on the street, and support the street management in real time.
2) price containment: create delivery and get off management plans to maximize user experience and reduce road risks that pedestrians may encounter.
3) optimize coding and access: keep a dynamic, digital, and visual sidewalk inventoryIn order to realize the democratization of the sidewalk.
With the least amount of vehicles carrying more passengers:
1) make preparations for future parking without parking: reduce parking restrictions in zoning, develop prototypes with adaptable parking lots and infrastructure, and facilitate future transformation.
2) enhanced Electrification: through the allocation of space for charging piles and congestion pricing based on occupancy rates to support the use of shared electric vehicles.
3) strategic investment: through the laying of a large number of routes to strengthen the modernization of the partnership.
The public interest to guide individual action
1) clear the obstacles of public-private partnerships: use “carpool clause” create replicable qualification requirements, so as to eliminate public and private barriers that once worked in American cities.
2) attract public participation: increase technology development and the pilot project of the transparency of
3) the city is part of the automation. It is impossible to discuss the operation of the future technology.
2, city streets in the practice of the transition period and the future prospects of
Although the pace of technological change is fast, the city's infrastructure changes are gradual in the process of meeting unmanned vehicles. For example, urban streets and sidewalks have become an important place for testing new policies, technologies, materials and street types. In fact, in 2017, many cities in the United States are putting local funds into the infrastructure and services of public transport through major voting initiatives.
In the future, urban automation will undergo a process of partial automation to complete automation. In the early period, the city will carry out strategic investment, prepare for the connection of automation technology, and carry out the two ways of bicycle and walking to a large extent. The speed limit will be reduced to 20 miles per hour, setting dynamic pricing for the sidewalk. This kind of pricing will also be released and implemented first in American cities. Under the combined effect of the above factors, the demand for the use of walking, bicycle and core transport has surged, and the city is welcome to all vehicle sharing times. More and more cities have begun to implement VMT (Vehicle Miles Traveled) Pricing in order to reduce the level of urban congestion. In the end, that is, urban vehicles are fully autonomous, and VMT is further reduced to achieve a real people-oriented.
Three, driverless cars and city streets in the future
Refinement, the future construction of city streets should pay attention to the following twelve points:
Two-way operation: in the connected vehicle environment, the streets can be operated in both directions. However, two-way operation can not be taken at the expense of pedestrian flow, and intermediate or transfer platforms are also needed.
Each lane in only one direction: on th