Defining the levels of autonomy that the industry uses to integrate increasing amounts of sensors and artificial intelligence into vehicles has been the focus of the Society of Automotive Engineers, who met in Detroit last week.
Devising an infrastructure plan that can support rapidly changing technology while creating smart cities and smart communities, is certainly a challenge with issues like creating harmony between autonomous and human-driven vehicles.
“I think all of us have this heaven-and-hell scenario of what autonomous vehicle technology is going to do,” Karina Ricks, director of mobility and infrastructure for the greater Pittsburgh area, said during a panel discussion this week. “The version of hell that I see is one where we ultimately have to wall our pedestrians away from the travelways so that we can make way for autonomous vehicles.”
Read the article at The Detroit News.