Be skeptical of your own perspective and the facts presented
What are the facts?
Have they been tested, confirmed, or updated?
What is (are) your knowledge and perspective milieu(s)?
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave – relevance beyond high school and college intro to philosophy
Beyond safety – There are other priorities as well
Be empathetic to reach the goals of equity and accessibility
The US transportation network
The reality of the current US transportation network across the population
AV “Plans,” testing, pilots, and laws
AV unknowns, possible models of operation, and tea leaves
Be persistent
The technology and business models for both equitable and accessible transportation exist
Our challenge is advocacy, engineering, and deciding on a legal framework to deliver a better transportation reality