Autonomous Atlanta: Connected City in an Autonomous World 

Sponsored by Tangonet Solutions and Metro-Tech 

Self-driving cars (for live testing but with NO driver behind the wheel) will become legal in California in April.  In February the first coast to coast trip (LA to Jacksonville) by an Autonomous vehicle was completed not by a car, but a tractor-trailer code named “Big Blue”.

The name Yara Birkeland may not be familiar, but it will be the first autonomously piloted ship to actually deliver freight this year.

The point is autonomous navigational technologies are here and advancing fast, perhaps faster than Society’s ability to adopt them.  Georgia, with its extensive multi-modal transportation and logistics networks, could become a trailblazer (or could get left behind) in the race to autonomy.

To address the question of what is being done to address this revolution within the legal, regulatory and policy structures of our society, please join TAG’s Transportation Technology Society and the Atlanta Regional Commission for a panel discussion featuring some of Georgia’s leaders who are at the forefront autonomy and smart cities in our region.

Panelists:

Doug Hooker – Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission

Suzanne Murtha – AECOM Vice President Connected and Automated Vehicles

Kirk Talbott – Executive Director, Smart City Program, City of Atlanta

Moderator: Christian Kotscher- CEO/Founder, Metrotech