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Suggested Citation:"Chapter 2 - Partnerships." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Shared Automated Vehicle Toolkit: Policies and Planning Considerations for Implementation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26821.
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Suggested Citation:"Chapter 2 - Partnerships." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Shared Automated Vehicle Toolkit: Policies and Planning Considerations for Implementation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26821.
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24 Partnerships can help stakeholders adapt to MOD and vehicle automation and support their adoption. This chapter includes information on what different organizations can contribute to partnerships. Tools for Partnerships Tools included in this chapter: • Contributions different stakeholders may be able to offer to partnerships. • Considerations for developing MOD and AV partnerships and demonstrations. Public agencies may partner with mobility service providers and other stake­ holders to enhance the public sector’s role in transportation planning, public transportation, and rights­of­way management. Public­private partnerships can play a key role in addressing several possible policy and deployment challenges of MOD and AVs. Stakeholders from different sectors can contribute a variety of knowledge and resources to support partnerships. These stakeholders and their contributions include the following. All Partners • Expert Knowledge: Partners can offer best practices on select topic areas. • Funding: Financial resources can be pooled among partners and a greater variety of grants and funding sources can be accessed. • Marketing: Various consumers and clients of different partners can allow partnerships and programs to reach new customers. • Risk Sharing: Partners can share potential risks and possibly mitigate negative outcomes of failed projects. Public Agencies • Existing Systems: Agencies can provide access to existing systems (e.g., fare payment) for new transportation services. • Local Insight: Agency officials can offer information on local opportunities and challenges. • Program Structure: Previous experience can allow agency staff to better develop and provide program goals and structure. Private Organizations • Capital Investments: Private partners can provide the funding for, or directly provide, capital investments (e.g., privately owned AVs for an SAV fleet). C H A P T E R 2 Partnerships

Partnerships 25   • Program Management: Partners from the private sector can manage a partnership and pro­ gram to ensure projects stay on task and are managed effectively. • Supportive Infrastructure: These partners may be able to offer alternative means of support, including necessary infrastructure and technology­based programs. Non-Profit Organizations and Academic and Research Institutions • Local Insight: Local organizations can offer information on local opportunities and challenges. • Evaluation: Outside organizations can provide a less­biased, third­party evaluation. • Research Information: Third­party partners can conduct and provide the findings of third­ party research. Green Raiteros Electric Vehicle TNC Partnership Program Huron is a rural, agriculture-based town in central California. In 2018, through a partnership with other organizations, the Latino Environmental Advancement & Policy (LEAP) Institute launched a non-profit EV TNC program, “Green Raiteros.” The program is made possible by the LEAP Institute, an environmental justice center; EVgo, a fast charging network; and the Shared-Use Mobility Center, a non- profit organization working to create multimodal transportation networks. Green Raiteros offers a transportation option for agricultural families in rural areas of the Central Valley to reach larger communities, such as Fresno, California. Rides are provided by volunteer drivers and can be requested via phone or through an app. Green Raiteros emerged as an evolution of a previous informal, self- organized TNC program that offered an alternative transportation mode to the 6-hour bus ride between the communities of Huron and Fresno. Source: EVgo 2018. Appendix A­1: “Sample Blank Policy Agreement” provides an example of a policy agreement stakeholders can use for entering partnerships. Partners may be identified through requests for proposals (RFPs), the development of programs, and interpersonal relations. Appendix B: “Sample Policies” contains an example of a policy for engaging and defining the responsibilities of stakeholders entering into a partnership. Key Takeaways • Agencies and organizations can engage in partnerships to help them address potential policy and implementation challenges by expanding knowledge, funding, and managerial capabilities. • Partners may be able to offer unique resources, such as expert and nuanced knowledge and a wider consumer and client base. • When engaging in partnerships stakeholders may need to consider the resources that can be provided, the range of potential partnerships, flexibility in relationships, solicitation strate­ gies, and best practices.

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Technology is changing the way people move and is reshaping mobility and society. The integration of transportation modes, real-time information, and instant communication and dispatch—possible with the click of a mouse or the touch of a smartphone app—is redefining mobility.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 1009: Shared Automated Vehicle Toolkit: Policies and Planning Considerations for Implementation provides resources that identify key stakeholders and partnerships, offers emerging lessons learned, and provides sample regulations that can be used to help plan for and integrate emerging modes.

Supplemental to the report are Appendix A, a presentation, and NCHRP Web-Only Document 331: Mobility on Demand and Automated Driving Systems:A Framework for Public-Sector Assessment.

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