Autonomous Vehicles: A Guide for Cities

City streets are in a period of rapid and ongoing disruption

While autonomous vehicles are still experimental and nascent in many corners of the U.S., the same kind of unguided tectonic shift seen with the introduction of the automobile nearly a century ago is possible. Autonomous Vehicles: A Guidebook for Cities was created in response to cities seeking to manage and influence autonomous vehicle (AV) pilots and deployments happening on their streets, as well as cities trying to prepare for these pilots.

The Guidebook offers considerations, tools, and examples of various ways to manage effectively autonomous vehicle deployments.

AV Guidebook Cover

Guidebook Sections:

Acknowledgements

This report was written, edited and designed by:

  • Cityfi: Story Bellows, Karina Ricks, Erin Clark, Camron Bridgford, and Carolina de Urquijo

  • Urbanism Next Center: Nico Larco and Thomas Götschi

From 2018-2023, through an initiative of the Knight Foundation, Cityfi and Urbanism Next convened and collaborated with four local governments from across the country - San Jose, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Miami-Dade County - as they experimented with and learned from publicly managed autonomous technology pilots and demonstrations.