Climate Week NYC: Will Autonomous Vehicles Improve the Environment? A Skeptical Conversation
As cities rethink transportation in the face of climate change, autonomous vehicles are often presented as a promising part of the solution. But do they actually reduce emissions, congestion, and resource use, or do they risk making these problems worse? This Climate Week NYC event will take a clear-eyed look at the environmental case for autonomous vehicles and examine where the evidence supports the hype, and where it does not.
A panel of top experts will discuss along with a Q&A session:
Jeffrey Tumlin – former Exec. Director, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
David Zipper -- Contributing writer, Bloomberg City Lab; former Senior Fellow, MIT Mobility Initiative
Rachel Weinberger -- Vice President, Transportation & Peter W. Herman Chair, Regional Planning Association
Jeral Poskey – Founder, Swyft Cities; former project executive for transportation planning, Google
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 10-11:30 am
Location: 87 Lafayette Street, Lower Manhattan (Tribeca)
Format: Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
The discussion will explore the complicated relationship between automation, mobility, and sustainability. Rather than assuming new technology automatically leads to better outcomes, the discussion will focus on the many potential impacts: energy use, induced demand, land use, transit interactions, fleet models, and the difference between theoretical efficiency and actual environmental performance.
Join us for a timely discussion on climate and the future of urban mobility.