Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) Institutional and Policy Issues Assessment Task 6: Summary Report www.its.dot.gov/index.htm Final Report — February 16, 2017 FHWA-JPO-17-506 1.1.1.1.1.1 Produced by Booz Allen Hamilton U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Notice This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. The U.S. Government is not endorsing any manufacturers, products, or services cited herein and any trade name that may appear in the work has been included only because it is essential to the contents of the work. Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. FHWA-JPO-17-506 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date ATTRI Institutional and Policy Issues Assessment Summary Report February 16, 2017 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Scott Baker, Viktor Zhong, Jerry Hsu, Patricia Macchi, Shawn Kimmel, Lindsay Gladysz, Mohammed Yousuf, Candace Groudine, Kenneth Wood 9. Performing Organization Name And Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Booz Allen Hamilton 20M Street, SE, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20003 11. Contract or Grant No. AECOM 3101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22201 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Washington, DC 20590 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstract This report summarizes the research and findings of the Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) Institutional and Policy Assessment. The objective of this project is to identify and analyze the policy, institutional, and legal issues that are hindering development and deployment of advanced technologies with potentials to improve mobility for people with disabilities. The major policy, institutional, and legal issues identified include lack of awareness of disability needs among policy makers and technology developers, relatively weak research and development incentives due to the perception of lack of economic feasibility in the market of persons with disabilities, under utilized potential of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) in providing paratransit services, inconsistent standards/regulations/laws across regions, and technology developers’ concerns of liabilities and risks. A list of eight potential actions was proposed to address those issues. The proposed actions were evaluated and prioritized based on their travel and economic impacts and feasibility. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Accessibility, Accessible Transportation, Mobility for Persons with Disabilities, Policy and Institutional Issues 19. Security Classif. (of this report) 20. Security Classif. (of this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price 167 Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2: Identification of ATTRI-Related Institutional and Policy Issues .................................................. 1 Policy Issues .................................................................................................................................... 1 Institutional Issues ............................................................................................................................ 3 Legal Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 3: Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Privacy and Governance Issues .................................. 6 Chapter 4: Identification and Evaluation of Potential Actions ....................................................................... 6 Proposed Potential Actions .............................................................................................................. 6 Criteria for Actions Evaluation .......................................................................................................... 9 Actions Evaluation and Prioritization .............................................................................................. 10 Chapter 5: Next Steps ................................................................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 15 CHAPTER 2. IDENTIFICATION OF ATTRI-RELATED INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY ISSUES ........... 17 2.1 Policy Issues .................................................................................................................................. 17 2.1.1 Awareness and Product Development ....................................................................... 18 2.1.2 Funding ....................................................................................................................... 25 2.1.3 Research and Development ....................................................................................... 26 2.2 Institutional Issues .......................................................................................................................... 32 2.2.1 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Accessibility .............................................. 32 2.2.2 Voluntary Standards ................................................................................................... 34 2.3 The Regulatory Environment ......................................................................................................... 35 2.3.1 Inconsistent Laws Issues ............................................................................................ 36 2.3.2 International Conventions, Treaties, and Practices .................................................... 38 2.3.3 Domestic Regulations, US Laws and Statutes ........................................................... 41 2.3.4 Privacy ........................................................................................................................ 43 CHAPTER 3. PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII) PRIVACY AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER 4. IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL ACTIONS ................................... 49 4.1 Identification of Actions .................................................................................................................. 49 4.1.1 Action #1: Enhance Awareness of Disabilities Needs ................................................ 52 4.1.2 Action #2: Provide Funding for Enabling Technology Development and Deployment .................................................................................................................................... 53 U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office ATTRI Institutional and Policy Issues Assessment Summary Report | i Table of Contents 4.1.3 Action #3: Provide Funding for Pilot Studies .............................................................. 53 4.1.4 Action #5: Provide Guidance on Liability and Indemnification Issues ........................ 54 4.1.5 Action #6: Potential Limitation of Liabilities for New Business Ventures ................... 54 4.1.6 Action #7: Potential Limitation on Utilization of ATTRI Related Development Efforts in Tort Litigation .............................................................................................................. 54 4.1.7 Action #8: Emphasize Existing Regulations to Eliminate Barriers in Public Right-of- Way ............................................................................................................................. 54 4.2 Criteria for Prioritization of Actions ................................................................................................. 55 4.2.1 Travel Impact .............................................................................................................. 56 4.2.2 Business and Economic Impact ................................................................................. 59 4.2.3 Feasibility of Proposed Actions .................................................................................. 60 4.3 Actions Evaluation and Prioritization .............................................................................................. 62 4.3.1 Travel Impact .............................................................................................................. 62 4.3.2 Business and Economic Impact ................................................................................. 66 4.3.3 Feasibility of Proposed Actions .................................................................................. 73 4.3.4 Prioritization of Potential Actions ................................................................................ 74 CHAPTER 5. 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