opportunity to use ft. monmouth as a test site and initial deployment of smartdrivingcars

Opportunity to use Ft. Monmouth as a Test Site and initial deployment of

SmartDrivingCarsBy

Alain L. Kornhauser, PhD

Professor, Operations Research & Financial EngineeringDirector, Program in Transportation

Faculty Chair, PAVE (Princeton Autonomous Vehicle EngineeringPrinceton University

Board Chair, Advanced Transit Association (ATRA)

alaink@princeton.eduwww.SmartDrivingCar.com

December 17, 2013

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Action Item• Observation: Ft Monmouth may well be one of

the most hospitable sites for BMW to implement its SmartDrivingCar Intentions.

Near-term Opportunity for a Substantive Testing and Initial Deployment of “level 3” and “Level 4”

SmartDrivingCar Technologies• Specific: General Mobility for Fort Monmouth Redevelopment– Currently: Decommissioned Ft. Monmouth is vacant .

• Ft. Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) is redeveloping the 3 sq. mile “city”• Focus is on attracting high-tech industry• The “Fort” needs a mobility system.• FMEDA is receptive to incorporating an innovative mobility system• Because it is being redeveloped as a “new town” it can accommodate itself to be an ideal site for testing

more advanced driver-less systems.

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