Technology

M13 - Disruption in Motion: Autonomous Vehicles Drive Nashville’s Public Transit Innovation

Primary Presenter(s)

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  Paul Doherty

In September, the Intelligent Transit pilot program debuted in Nashville, making Music City the first to feature carbon-positive, electric, and autonomous vehicles as the primary mode of public transportation. The initiative taps into disruptive technologies including NextGEN autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, wireless energy distribution, and a blockchain payment system (nicknamed, appropriately enough, Johnny Cash). Attend this session to hear from key stakeholders who tapped continuous quality processes to bring hundreds of individual projects under one seamlessly integrated, modern, environmentally clean, efficient, and effective transportation ecosystem.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the factors that lead to the launch of the Intelligent Transit program.
• Meet the key stakeholders driving innovation throughout the initiative.
• Identify the disruptive technologies applied to the Intelligent Transit system.
• Analyze quality requirements for elements of the program.
• Review pilot program data and determine alignment with business plan.