DOT strategy for autonomous vehicles emphasizes regulatory streamlining

The Department of Transportation has released a strategy for encouraging the development of autonomous vehicles, which offers guiding principles including “modernizing” and streamlining regulatory requirements, while delineating federal and state responsibilities for ensuring public safety and cybersecurity.

“Preparing for the 'Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0' (AV 3.0) is another milestone in the Department’s development of a flexible, responsible approach to a framework for multimodal automation,” says Transportation Secretary Elaine Chow in the introduction to the document issued this...