Mayor Bill Peduto signed an executive order Monday that outlined the objectives and expectations from the city of Pittsburgh for testing autonomous vehicles.The executive order, called the “Pittsburgh Principles,” is the first of its kind to be issued by a city.All of the prominent entities currently developing autonomous driving systems in Pittsburgh -- Aptiv, Argo AI, Aurora Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University and Uber -- were represented at the signing Monday.According to a press release from the mayor's office, the principles include: Instituting transparent lines of communication between the City and partners testing autonomous vehicles, and annual reports on the implementation of AV policies Promoting automated driving systems that encourage high vehicle occupancy with lower or no emissions, and lower cost and equitable transportation options Engaging industry leaders and community stakeholders to collaboratively facilitate the further development and deployment of self-driving technology The executive order designates the city's Department of Mobility and Infrastructure as the point of contact and directs DOMI to collaborate with public agency partners, private sector industry, and general public stakeholders in developing policy around the technology.The order also instructs DOMI to develop guidelines for testing and to report back to the public at least annually on progress in testing and policy development.

Mayor Bill Peduto signed an executive order Monday that outlined the objectives and expectations from the city of Pittsburgh for testing autonomous vehicles.

The executive order, called the “Pittsburgh Principles,” is the first of its kind to be issued by a city.


All of the prominent entities currently developing autonomous driving systems in Pittsburgh -- Aptiv, Argo AI, Aurora Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University and Uber -- were represented at the signing Monday.

According to a press release from the mayor's office, the principles include:



Instituting transparent lines of communication between the City and partners testing autonomous vehicles, and annual reports on the implementation of AV policies

Promoting automated driving systems that encourage high vehicle occupancy with lower or no emissions, and lower cost and equitable transportation options

Engaging industry leaders and community stakeholders to collaboratively facilitate the further development and deployment of self-driving technology

The executive order designates the city's Department of Mobility and Infrastructure as the point of contact and directs DOMI to collaborate with public agency partners, private sector industry, and general public stakeholders in developing policy around the technology.

The order also instructs DOMI to develop guidelines for testing and to report back to the public at least annually on progress in testing and policy development.

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The Executive Order:



1. Designates a single point of contact to work with DOMI (Department of Mobility and Infrastructure)



2. Sets guidelines to be followed



3. 3. Asks partners to respect the guidelines



4. Directs DOMI to set a series of policies regarding autonomous cars pic.twitter.com/iC2osXdujq — Chris Lovingood WTAE (@CLovingoodWTAE) March 4, 2019

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