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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
3.4 Public Policy
3.4.1 Dedicated taskforce for AV’s transition
Consideration should be given to the establishment of a dedicated taskforce to expedite the AV
transition for Luxembourg.
The creation of a cluster for autonomous transportation will prepare the Grand Duchy for the
advent of autonomous driverless vehicles. The dedicated taskforce “smart mobility,” gathering
public and private stakeholders (MEC, MDDI, R&D, LuxInnovation, Cluster for Logistics), will
address various aspects of automation (cf. Smart economy pillar). In this context, the future
Luxembourg Automotive Campus is a strong asset and will house research and innovation
activities of several companies within the automotive sector.
The taskforce should focus on the following areas:
- Attract companies for testing of connected and automated driving technologies in crossborder
corridors
- Conduct pilot studies on dedicated sites (e.g. Belval Automotive Campus)
- Explore regional truck platooning projects and drone technologies opportunities
- Cooperate with other countries (i.e. BeNeLux) on larger proof of concept
- Study the ethical issues around the automation of transport, including privacy, data
security, open access, etc.
3.4.2 Implement a pilot test
The uptake of autonomous vehicles will require some transition time. The city authorities are
key stakeholders in the transition to automated vehicles. Initially, a negotiation will be
necessary to implement potential restrictions to normal traffic in order to set up experimental
projects for automated vehicles on specific corridors.
3.4.3 Implement robust resiliency standards.
A robust resiliency monitoring program able to track traffic conditions for passengers and goods
flows, the capacity of the infrastructure, and energy demands that can be used as a database to
model prediction scenarios for massive disruptions to the system brought on by catastrophic
climate change events and or cyber-crime and cyberterrorism should be provided.
Vulnerability assessments should be performed based on the traffic models to predict the
effects of system components failures (infrastructures, energy supply, communications), taking
into consideration the interdependencies between the various critical infrastructures and
components. In the short-term, mid-term, and long-term transport plans should be updated
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