The Autonomous Vehicle Vision

CSG Autonomous & Connected Vehicles Policy Academy

Prashanthi Rao RamanDirector of Public Policy, Lyft

Will automated carshelp or hurt cities?

Will automated carscut miles and carbon?

Will automated carsbe shared or owned?

The average car is used 4% of the time, at 20% occupancy

Most commuters drive by themselves American Community Survey, 2013

2%3%

4%5%

10%

76%

Drove alone Carpool Public transportation WFH Walking Other

Lyft is helping shift from ownership to ridership

300+ cities

18 million rides every month

- Less likely to own car- Drive less- Take transit more often- Use other Shared Mobility

modes

People who use ridesharing:

How Lyft Can Cut VMT

Increase vehicle

occupancyConnect to

Transit Electrification

Over 40% of rides are shared rides in markets where Lyft

Line is available

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Solving the First and Last Mile Problem

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Electric Autonomous

Better Together

Shared

Reduce emissions by > 90 percent.

Jeffery Greenblatt and Samveg Saxena, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, “Autonomous taxis could greatly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions of US light-duty vehicles.” Nature Climate Change, 2015.

Rocky Mountain Institute, “Peak Car Ownership,” 2016

By 2025, private car ownership will all-but end in major U.S. cities.

Smart Lanespriced to manage demand

and occupancy

Parking Minimums

Curb Management

Wayfinding

Interoperability

EVSE Infrastructure

Planning Issues

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Cities re-designedfor people

The Full Build Out Vision

CSG Autonomous & Connected Vehicles Policy Academy

Prashanthi Rao RamanDirector of Public Policy, Lyft