The Future of Personal Transportation

Safe and Equitable Implementation of Autonomous Vehicles – A Conversation on Public Health Action
 

On December 13, from 9:00 a.m. – Noon, the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden are convened a first-of-its-kind gathering to focus public attention on how to promote deployment of autonomous vehicle technology in ways that provide the greatest social benefits through a focus on safety and equity. The event featured an open forum bringing together key thought leaders who will discuss vehicle technology and Vision Zero –zero accidents and emissions – as public health interventions, ethical and legal issues, and implementation considerations that can help realize the desired social benefits.

Experts who participated in the event include:

• The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx
  Managing Partner and Founder, Related Infrastructure
  Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• Mark Rosekind, PhD
  Chief Safety Innovation Officer, Zoox
  Former Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Cass Sunstein, JD
  Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Jennifer Bradley, JD
  Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Aspen Institute
• Matts-Ake Belin, PhD
  Adjunct Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  Senior Advisor, Swedish Transport Administration
• Andrea Gielen, ScD, ScM
  Professor and Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
• Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD, MPH
  Professor and Director, Institute for Health and Social Policy, Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Nancy Kass, ScD
  Phoebe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public Health
  The Berman Institute of Bioethics
  Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH
  Associate Director of Outreach, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, Bloomberg School of Public Health