WASHINGTON — The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) today released a new report highlighting the need for a national approach for autonomous vehicles (AVs), especially as most regulation is fragmented between states.
The report, titled “Building Trust Through Transparency: A New Federal Framework for Autonomous Vehicle Safety,” and authored by PPI’s Andrew Fung, Senior Economic & Technology Policy Analyst, Alex Kilander, Policy Analyst with PPI’s Center for Funding America’s Future, and Aidan Shannon, PPI Policy Fellow, comes at a time when autonomous vehicles like Waymo continue to traverse American streets in record numbers. While these vehicles can drastically improve road safety, there is a lack of public trust surrounding AVs, threatening the industry’s expansion.
“Public perceptions of autonomous vehicles are still being shaped more by isolated incidents than by comprehensive data,” said Fung. “A unified national safety framework would replace anecdotes with evidence, giving regulators, companies, and the public a shared foundation to assess performance and build trust as the technology scales.”
The report calls for a two-layer approach:
“Smart, standardized transparency can shift the autonomous vehicle debate from speculation to evidence,” said Kilander. “That shift is critical to improving AV regulation while allowing responsible innovation to move forward.”
Read and download the report here.
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