Automation without a comprehensive overhaul of how our streets are designed, allocated, and shared will not result in substantive safety, sustainability, or equity gains. By implementing proactive policies today, cities can act to ensure that the adoption of AV technologies improves transportation outcomes rather than leading to an overall increase in driving.

The Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism, Second Edition, lays out a vision for how autonomous vehicles and technology more broadly can serve safe, sustainable, equitable, vibrant cities. This vision builds on and reinforces the past decade of transformative city transportation practice.

The Blueprint prioritizes people walking, biking, rolling, and taking transit, putting people at the center of urban life and street design while taking advantage of new technologies to reduce carbon emissions, decrease traffic fatalities, and increase economic opportunities.