Additional Robotaxi Resources
National Association of City Transportation Officials. Principles for Autonomous Vehicles on City Streets. 2024.
National Association of City Transportation Officials. Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism. Second Edition. 2019.
Hit the Road, Mac: The Future of Self-Driving Cars: Testimony Before the Committee on Commerce, 119th Cong. (2026) (statement of Bryant Walker Smith, Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina)
Missing Cummings, “Are We There Yet? Assessing Hazards for Self Driving.” MIT Mobility Forum #157 moderated by Jinhua Zhao, October 24, 2025, 59 min., 16 sec., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJOfm76_pr4.
Dan Hennessey, Mallory Scates, and Jimmy Jessup. ITE Technical Brief: Potential Secondary Effects of Increasing Automation. 2025.
Transportation Association of Canada. Connected and Automated Vehicles: A Primer for Canadian Municipalities. 2022
Transport Canada. “Connected and automated vehicle safety: Federal, provincial or territorial, and municipal responsibilities.” Last modified August 13, 2021. https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/innovative-technologies/connected-automated-vehicles/connected-automated-vehicle-safety-what-you-need-know#_Federal_provincial
Federal Highway Administration and University of California Los Angeles Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles
Acknowledgements
NACTO Project Team
Ryan Russo, Executive Director
Josh Naramore, Senior Manager, Policy
Cary Bearn, Senior Manager, Multimodal Design and Programs
Alex Engel, Associate Director, Communications
Celine Schmidt, Visual Communications Manager
Elise Harmon-Freeman, Program Manager, Communications
Stefanie Seskin, Director of Policy and Practice
Autonomous Vehicles Working Group Contributors
Alexandria, VA: Hilary Orr
Austin, TX: Rachel Castignoli
Boston: Shin-pei Tsay
Chicago: Raquel Corchado, Michael Kent, Mary Nicol, Sean Weidel
Columbus, OH: Justin Goodwin, Tim Nittle
Denver: Jay Decker, Rolf Eisinger
Los Angeles: Vladimir Gallegos, Salvador Gutierrez, Jarvis Murray
Minneapolis: Dillon Fried
Nashville, TN: Casey Hopkins
New York City: Kelsey Taeckens
Oakland, CA: Mica Amichai
Orlando, FL: Jacques Coulon
Philadelphia: Anna Kelly
Portland, OR: Joshua Lynch, Hannah Morrison, Jacob Sherman
San Francisco: Julia Friedlander
San José, CA: Brian Stanke
Santa Monica, CA: Barbara Andres
Seattle: Kelly Rula, Armand Shabazian
Somerville, MA: Brad Rawson
Tampa, FL: Margaret Kubilins
Toronto, ON: Rahmatullah Sherzai
Washington, DC: Stephanie Dock, Catherine Kaufman, Steven Osborn