Senator Marty Golden To Discuss New York’s Future And How Self-Driving Cars Will Be A Part Of It

Imagine hailing a cab and not having to give the driver the courtesy of engaging in a conversation while you just want to surf your Facebook feed or read the news?

Driverless cars are in the city’s future, and Senator Martin Golden, Chair of the Senate’s  Science, Technology, Incubation And Entrepreneurship Committee, is getting ready for that future by taking part in a panel discussion on “Automated Vehicles: Principles for Testing in Urban Centers.”

The panel will take place tomorrow, Friday, December 9, at 2pm, in the Pfizer Auditorium at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering located at 5 Metrotech Center.

The discussion will be mostly about the U.S. Department of Transportation’s urging that each state gear up for automated vehicles by forming tasks forces to make a framework of regulations for the new era of transportation. New York will be especially focused on to form a baseline to compare to for other cities and states, according to Golden’s office.

Golden’s remarks on the topic will point out how automated vehicles can improve road safety, but also how he is concerned about how it will affect NYC’s labor market. He is also worried about cyber security as vehicles sync with the internet more and more, according to his office.

People who will also take part in tomorrow’s panel include Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, who is the chair of the Council Transportation Committee; Michael Repogia, the Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the NYC Department of Transportation; and Rodney Stiles, the Assistant Commissioner for Data and Technology at the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.