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A
And
I
am
present.
Thank
you.
We
have
all
members
here
welcome
to
everyone
joining
us
here
in
Carson
City
in
Las,
Vegas
and
anyone
that's
joining
us
remotely.
Today
we
will
hear
presentations
from
the
Department
of
Transportation,
as
well
as
a
panel
of
presentations
from
autonomous
vehicle
technology
companies
that
are
operating
in
the
state,
and
then
we
will
have
hearings
on
two
bills.
Today,
assembly
Bill,
two
and
assembly
bill
56.
A
before
we
get
started,
I
want
to
go
over
a
couple
of
housekeeping
items
again.
If
anyone
wishes
to
testify,
please
sign
it
at
the
table
by
the
door
and
provide
a
business
card.
If
you
have
one
for
our
committee
secretary,
any
exhibits
or
amendments
must
be
submitted
electronically,
at
least
24
hours.
Prior
to
our
meeting.
A
A
At
the
end
of
the
meeting,
we
will
ask
members
of
the
public
wishing
to
provide
public
comment
to
limit
their
comments
to
two
minutes
so
that
we
can
get
through
that
in
a
timely
fashion
and
allow
everybody
the
opportunity
to
be
heard,
and
folks
may
also
submit
their
comments
in
writing
either
in
addition
to
testifying
or
in
lieu
of
testifying,
and
we
can
accept
those
comments
at
the
24
hours
after
the
adjournment
of
the
meeting.
So
with
that
we'll
get
right
into
our
agenda.
A
D
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Tracy
Larkin
Thomason
I'm,
the
director
of
Nevada
Department
of
Transportation,
very
pleased
to
be
here,
and
it's
Happy,
Valentine's,
Day
and
I
hope
when
you're
feeling
the
love
this
afternoon.
So
we'll
get
right
started
in
there
who
we
are.
We
have
a
mission
statement
to
provide,
operate
and
preserve
the
transportation
system
that
enhances
safety,
quality
of
life
and
economic
development
through
Innovation
environmental
stewardship
and
dedicated
Workforce.
Our
primary
goal
is
safety.
D
First,
we
cultivate
environmental
stewardship,
operate
and
maintain
the
system
enhance
internal
and
external
Communications
and
consist
of
infective
data
management
on
the
department
breakdown.
We
have
a
number
of
full-time
positions
just
under
1900,
and
then
we
also
add
on
to
that
temporary
and
seasonal
workers.
Our
major
divisions
are
Administration
planning
and
communications,
project
delivery
and
Engineering
operation
and
maintenance.
So
we're
divided
into
like
three
different
areas.
D
We
have
three
maintenance
districts,
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
them
as
we
go
on.
We
have
approximately
thirteen
thousand
five
hundred
and
one
I
say
approximately,
but
we're
down
to
one
fifteen
percent
and
that's
fifteen
percent
of
all
of
Nevada
roadways,
and
these
are
actual
Lane
miles,
not
Center
Line
miles
for
Bridges.
We
have
1238
bridges
in
the
state
and
we
have
for
the
Statewide
traffic
volumes,
50
percent
of
all
traffic,
all
vehicle
traffics
travel
on
a
roadways,
seventy
percent
of
all
truck
traffic
and
68
of
all
heavy
truck
traffic.
D
Obviously
I-80
and
I-15
are
major
Freight
corridors
on
our
maintenance
districts.
We
have
three
districts
in
the
it's
a
little
hard
to
see
there,
but
the
the
red
dotted
line
goes
in
so
the
district
one
is
Las
Vegas
and
goes
up
to
about.
Tonopah
covers
up
basically
the
bottom
third
of
the
state.
District
Two
is
the
Northwest
portion
of
it
and
Sereno
Tahoe
Carson
City
area
and
then
District.
Three
is
all
the
rural
areas,
Ely
Winnemucca
and
Elko
and
they're
divided
into
different
colors
there.
D
So
we
have
they're
they're.
Basically,
all
on
24
7
calls.
There
are
45
maintenance
stations
around
the
state
and
they're
shown
on
there
by
little
yellow
dots.
We
have
about
740
Personnel
that
are
associated
with
them,
so
well.
Over
two-thirds
of
our
department
is
comprised
of
the
maintenance
division
around
the
state.
D
We
our
headquarters
is
in
Carson
City
and
we
have
I'm
just
moving
on
to
the
next
slide.
So
on
the
executive
leadership
team
I
am
the
director.
I
have
three
Deputy
directors:
Cole
Mortensen,
Darren,
Tedford
and
Jeff
LaRue
call
mortensen's
over
Administration
Darren
Tedford,
who
I
failed
to
introduce
to
my
left,
is
over
project
delivery
and
Jeff.
Larue
is
over
operations
on
that.
We
also
have
four
assistant
directors,
one
for
administration,
one
for
operations,
one
for
engineering
and
one
for
planning
for
what
we
do.
D
We
do
a
lot
Transportation.
You
know
most
of
the
time
when
I
started
with
the
transportation
department.
I
was
thinking
of
roads
and
highways,
but
it's
much
more
than
that.
It's
also
an
integration
of
travel
by
rail
bike,
air
bus
and
foot,
and
what
I
really
like
to
say
is
transportation
is
fundamental
to
our
quality
of
life.
D
So
our
mission
staying
safe
and
connected,
as
we
said,
we
are
responsible
for
the
planning
construction
operation
of
all
the
5400
miles
of
Highway
and
over
the
Thousand
bridges
on
the
system.
We
we
also
I
want
to
say
on
the
bridges.
First
of
all,
we've
been
number
one
in
the
nation
for
eight
years
and
second
of
all,
we
do
have
to
it's
mandatory
that
we
are
federally
mandated
to
inspect
every
public
Bridge
every
two
years.
So
that's
part
of
it
on
multimodal
we're
also
responsible.
D
We
said
for
integrating
the
transportation
system,
so
we
have
to
serve
all
the
users
of
the
system.
So
we
do
off.
We
offer
pedestrian
Trails
rail
bike,
air
and
bus
systems.
Transit
is
really
more
through
the
urbanized
area.
It's
passed
through
funding
to
the
metropolitan
areas,
and
then
we
do
cover
rural
Transit
for
emergency
response.
D
If
you've
lived
in
Nevada
for
a
long
time,
you
have
seen
us
plow
snow,
you
have
seen
us
fight
fires.
You
have
seen
us
deal
with
earthquakes,
flooding,
so
we've
had
over
the
past
several
decades.
You
know.
In
2020
we
had
the
largest
earthquake
in
the
middle
of
Nevada,
where
the
literally
the
pavement
differential
was
six
inches
going
on
95
as
you're
coming
up
past
Tonopah
a
big
bump
in
the
road,
so
basically
going
out
and
traveling.
We
support
these.
We
support
other
Emergency
Management.
When
they
come
out.
We
work
with
First
Responders.
D
We
work
with
FEMA.
We
work
as
necessary
with
any
entity
involved
in
Emergency
Management
on
there.
Our
maintenance
stations
also
provide
many
times
the
base
where
they're.
If
it's
in
the
rural
areas,
you'll
also
use
them
for
like
fueling,
and
so
like
that
it
becomes
a
staging
Center
for
emergencies
operations.
D
We
also
had
landslides.
We
have
a
landslide.
Now
that's
on
208.
That
recently
happened
just
earlier
in
January,
where
we
have
400
feet,
that's
completely
obliterated
sr208
through
Wilson
Canyon,
and
we
are
working
through
Emergency
Management
to
clear
that
out
now
and
also
deal
with
the
river.
That's
right
next
to
it
and
restore
it
to
it's
precondition.
D
We
also
deal
with
fires,
and
one
of
the
things
that
focuses
as
we
move
on
is
to
actually
start
really
continuing
to
plan
for
the
resiliency
of
these
things
happening
in
the
future,
how
we
can
work
with
other
sectors
and
make
sure
that
we
are
prepared
to
deal
with
what
hits
us
emergency
response,
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
about
freeway
service
Patrol.
This
is
a
service
that's
offered
in
both
Reno
and
in
Las
Vegas.
D
It
is
in
the
Reno,
it's
primarily
along
the
I-80
and
the
I-580,
and
then
in
Las
Vegas,
it's
along
the
I-15
and
the
us-95,
and
what
it
is.
It
literally
is
a
freeway
service.
Patrol
they
Patrol
the
area
around.
They
help
they
help
any
stranded
Vehicles.
They
move
them
over
to
the
side.
If
they
ran
out
of
gas,
they
provide
it,
but
they
are
also
trained
in
Hazmat
training.
D
They
are
trained
in
CPR;
basically,
they
are
the
First
Responders
to
be
there
and
by
traveling
around
they
can
more
effectively
address
the
issue
and
clear
the
highway.
We
also
have
this.
We
have
worked
with
this
working
with
the
fast
Center,
the
traffic
Operations
Center
in
Las
Vegas.
We
have
programs
they're
working
with
technology
that
integrates
traffic
patterns
on
the
freeway
with
historical
data,
but
the
cameras
in
the
Operation
Center
actually,
then
look
for
anomalies
and
traffic.
D
In
supporting
rural
counties,
we
do
a
lot
of
County
Consulting
processes.
We
go
out
a
minimum
of
two
years
and
actually
a
lot
more
because
we
have
the
maintenance
stations
around
the
state.
They're
actually
very
active
members
of
the
community,
particularly
in
the
rural
areas,
so
we're
constantly
looking
for
feedback
on
what
the
needs
are
and
how
we
can
best
help
them
address
their
needs,
identify
and
work
through
the
issues
that
they're
dealing
with.
D
On
the
Nevada
State
climate
initiative,
we
have
our,
as
we
said,
as
with
everyone
looking
for
other
ways
to
sustain
environmental
sustainability,
also
looking
for
alternate
fuels,
but
particularly
looking
at
ways
to
address
electric
vehicles,
and
how
does
it
come
in?
As
you
know,
the
federal
Administration
is
very
pro-electric
and
there
are
we've
had
to
put
in
the
Navy
plan,
which
is
the
national
electric
vehicle,
and
I
cannot
remember
what
the
eye
stands
for,
but
we're
infrastructure.
Thank
you.
I
love
the
whispering
to
the
side
stage
whisper.
D
We
are,
and
it's
a
real
challenge
when
we
look
around
there,
because
not
only
are
we
looking
at
how
we
place
them,
we're
also
looking
at
is
the
availability
of
the
grid
there
to
actually
even
have
them
and
then
also
looking
considering
what
the
end
user
is.
If
you're
a
person
traveling
alone,
do
you
want
to
be
on
the
side
of
I-80
filling
up
your
your
tank,
the
plug-in
for
an
hour
or
so
and,
as
you
know,
in
Nevada
we
have
vast
rural
areas.
D
D
So
how
we
budget
that
was
the
favorite
part
explaining
to
you
where
our
money
comes
from
So,
based
on
the
latest
financial
information.
We
have
approximately
968
million
available
for
projects
in
the
federal
fiscal
year,
2023
which
is
actually
about
halfway
through
and
that
number
will
fluctuate
over
the
next
four
years.
It's
based
on
formula
funding.
The
federal
funding
is
a
portion
through
approximately
a
10
12
formula
programs,
each
with
their
own
set
of
requirements
for
spending.
We,
we
utilize
Highway
user
fees,
federal
aid
and
for
2024
only
for
the
Governor's
recommended
budget.
D
The
general
fund
authorization
to
fund
approximately
99
of
its
operations
with
the
governor's
budget
you'll
see
that
we
replaced
an
estimated
257
million
of
Highway
fund
with
General
funds
in
order
to
show
the
governor's
gas
tax
initiative.
So
that's
assuring
of
it.
The
Federal
Aid
highway
program
is
a
reimbursable
program
required
an
upfront
expenditure
of
Highway
funds.
D
So
basically
we
pay
up
front
and
then
submit
our
billing
to
the
federal
government
due
to
the
high
percentage
of
federal
lands.
Since
we
are
so
high
in
the
85
87
percent,
our
programs,
we
only
need
to
provide
five
percent
match
for
most
of
the
federal
aid.
Most
states
have
to
have
to
match
with
20
percent
funds.
So
it's
definitely
a
plus
in
there.
D
D
So
here
I'm
hoping
we
can.
If
there's
any
confusion,
please
stop
me
in
the
middle
of
it,
but
for
the
highway
fund,
Revenue
sources.
So
this
is
what
we
get.
So,
on
the
left
hand,
side
is
the
state
user
Revenue,
which
equals
about
627
million.
So
the
special
fuel
tax
is
about.
19
percent
of
driver's
license
is
four
percent.
The
motor
carrier,
seven
percent,
the
governor
I
mean
the
dental
service
tax
is
13,
gas
tax
is
36
percent,
and
the
motor
vehicle
in
the
registration
fees
is
21
of
there.
D
Now,
if
you
go
to
the
right
hand,
side,
the
first
figure
on
the
left
hand,
side
represents
the
blue
portion
of
the
figure
on
the
right
hand
side.
So,
in
addition
to
the
state
user
funds,
our
total
Highway
fund
revenue
is
1.14
billion
dollars
and
the
other
money
comes
from.
Other
funding
comes
from
federal
funding
is
29,
of
that
other
receipts
is
seven
percent,
and
then
the
DMV
and
DPS
is
10
percent
going
to
the
expenditure
so
now
that
expenditure,
so
how
we?
How
does
a
funding
get
spent?
D
This
shows
a
chart
of
expenditures
by
category
since
2012.,
and
so
basically,
what
you
see
in
the
gray,
that
is
what
we
spend
on
construction
on.
Maintenance
is
what
we
have
in
Orange,
it's
represented
by
Orange
and
that
Administration
is
shown
in
blue,
so
over
the
over
the
that
time
period.
Basically,
the
average
is
18
maintenance,
seven
percent
Administration
and
75
percent
construction
and
engineering.
D
D
Dps
Department
of
Public
Safety
is
just
under
282
million
and
other
and
other
is
84
about
84
million
and
when
I
say
other,
it's
like
the
state
state,
Public
Works
board.
It's
a
Transportation
Authority,
that's
you
know
for
regulation
of
the
functions
of
like
taxi
cabs
and
so
on.
It's
also
the
transfers
to
the
treasures
for
for
Bond
payments
such
as
we're
part
of
that
75
million
of
that
was
for
actually
the
the
buildings
that
were
built
for
DMV.
So
it's
repaying
those
bonds
and
also
our
portion
of
the
smart
21.
D
We
also
have
federal
funds
that
are
directed
to
the
mpos,
the
Metropolitan
planning
organizations,
both
the
Washoe
County,
that
we
actually
have
four
in
the
state:
Washoe
County
Carson,
City,
Southern,
Nevada
and
Lake
Tahoe,
and
the
urbanized
mpo.
So
Washoe,
County
and
Clark
County
get
a
specific
apportionment
of
the
program
funds
and
it's
sub-allocated.
D
These
are
reflected
in
the
work
program,
while
the
urban
area
allocations
are
not
because
we're
not
the
delivering
agency
so
basically
just
showing
that
that's
the
smaller
areas
and
that
really
covers
apart
for
the
rural
areas,
we
also
have
CMAC
funding
that
we
pass
through
ndot
and
that
is
congestion
mitigation,
air
quality.
That
is
also
for
Clark
and
Washington
County,
because
they
are
in
non-attainment
areas.
So
there's
specific
requirements
set
that
they
can
use
for
different
projects,
but
they
have
to
show
that
they
help
mitigate
the
air
particulates.
D
So
maximizing
the
federal
funds,
so,
as
we
mentioned
before,
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
law,
Bill
also
called
iija,
which
is
the
infrastructure
investment
in
jobs
Act.
It
brings
in,
like
I,
said,
a
20
percent
increase
in
the
federal
funding
to
Nevada
and
over
the
time
it
will
increase
to
about
31
percent
over
current
funding.
D
This
does
help.
It's
helped
maintain
the
program,
as
I
will
mention
a
little
bit
later.
It
is
one
of
the
challenges
we
have
is.
Apparently,
inflation
has
kept
up
almost
identical
with
the
increase
in
funding,
so
that,
while
we've
received
about
21
more
in
their
in
inflation
for
construction
is
almost
20
percent,
but
it
did
allow
us.
We
are
very
thankful
that
it
allowed
us
to
keep
the
program.
We
had
obligations
we've.
This
is
actually
I
want
to
give
a
big
kudos
to
our
financial
department.
D
It
would
end
up
because
one
of
the
reasons
we've
been
able
to
really
maximize
all
the
available
Federal
funding
is
we
have
brought
in
ndot
financials,
but
it
brought
in
an
additional
208
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
to
Nevada
and
what
they
do
that
by
is
in
August
in
August.
The
end
of
the
federal
fiscal
year
we
are
able
to
obtain
obligation
funds
from
other
entities.
D
So
basically,
if
we
have
a
hundred
million
dollars
just
making
that
completely
up
the
federal
government
says
we
have
a
hundred
million,
they
tell
us,
then
we
can
spend
75
million
of
it.
That's
Our
obligation
Authority
if
at
the
end
of
the
year,
if
every
state
had
that
and
they're
not
using
up
their
75,
we
are
allowed
to
go
in
and
ask
for
their
leftovers
what
they
haven't
used
and
then
they
will
expend
our
application.
Authority
say
up
to
90.
D
D
And
also
one
of
the
things
we
like
to
point
out
is
that
this
is
our
funding.
Source
has
been
constitutionally
protected,
we
are
not
competing
with
General
funds
and
when
the
funding
is
dedicated
completely
to
construction
maintenance
and
the
repair
of
the
public
highways
of
this
state.
A
And
I
will
just
step
in
for
a
moment
director
to
say
we
are
getting
a
little
close
on
time.
So
if
you
can
I.
D
Okay,
we
have
a
plan.
Does
that.
D
D
We
have
goals
set
with
all
of
those
and
if
and
basically
it's
weighted
and
part
of
that
is
we're
trying
to
look
to
see
if
we
can
the
best
projects
that
actually
hit
one
or
more
of
these,
and
then
we
also
look
at
going
going
through
what
does
the
federal
state
and
federal
requirements
that
we
need
to
met
over
the
four
year
annual
work
program
and
the
short
range
element
and
the
anticipated
projects
that
end
that
will
deliver
in
years
23
to
25.?
D
D
The
lane
miles
of
percentages
are
in
Clark
is
like
21,
Washoe
is
eight
percent,
and
then
the
rest
of
the
state
is
like
71
percent.
Obviously
that
is
not
where
the
money
actually
is.
It's
not
split.
Accordingly,
obviously
Clark
has
the
majority
of
the
population,
so
it
generally
gets
about
75
percent
of
the
funding,
and
then
Washoe
comes
after
that,
and
then
the
remaining
goes
to
the
rural
areas
and
when
I
mentioned
the
split
there,
it
is
actually
that
was
in
Center
Line
miles
in
the
obligations
in
the
work
program.
D
You
can
see
here
where
it
shows
the
kind
of
the
split
in
the
different
areas
so
and
not
end
up
preservation
or
I'm
sorry
end
up.
Preservation
is
primarily
that
is
majority
of
that
actually
goes
to
the
world
with
41
percent.
Clark
is
32
in
Washington
27,
however,
with
the
other
non-preservation
ones,
Clark
gets
about
67
75,
and
then
they
also
get
a
part
of
the
preservation
portion,
the
Strategic
Performance
Management
project.
D
Basically,
looking
at
our
communication
to
to
the
public
working
with
the
state
legislature
and
other
decision
makers
and
then
also
working
through
different
levels
of
the
management
at
indot
and
then
also
looking
at
other
areas
within
and
the
major
divisions
and
program
areas,
it
is
meant
to
be
a
performance-based
decision-making
cycle
and
then
it
gets
to
a
point
where
then
we
start
looking
at
the
geographical
splits,
political
needs
or
influences
I
should
say
and
other
parts
other
factors
like
emergencies.
That
would
impact
our
program.
D
D
D
The
inflation
has
gone
up
almost
20
percent
and
the
vehicle
miles
travel
has
now
actually
increased
to
a
higher
to
pre-pandemic
conditions
and
quickly
also,
electric
vehicles
and
other
alternate
fuel
cars
are
becoming
much
more
prevalent.
It's
kind
of
hitting
that
part
of
the
curb
where
it's
going
to
go
straight
up
and
they
do
not
provide
any
income
to
the
highway
fund
that
actually
preserves
the
roads
that
they're
driving
on.
D
The
state
gasoline
tax
generally
generates
about
0.8
cents
for
each
mile
driven
by
the
vehicles,
but
now
we
actually
get
we're
down
to
like
0.6
and
it's
in
over
the
20
years.
It
will
decline
50,
so
basically
we're
getting
less
return
for
what's
coming
in
and
because
the
highway
fund,
as
mentioned,
was
based
on
gas
fuel
tax
inflation,
as
we
mentioned
before,
it
is
a
big
part
of
it.
So
asphalt
has
gone
up
almost
20
percent
concrete
14
diesel
fuel,
33
equipment's
gone
up
20.
Those
are
some
of
the
major
categories
showing
there.
D
Another
biggest
issue
is
vacancies.
Overall,
the
department
vacancy
rate
is
25
and
growing.
Some
of
the
critical
areas
are
particularly
in
our
maintenance
areas,
so
in
like
Vegas,
there's
50
vacancy
in
maintenance
in
the
Northwest
here
we're
showing
45
to
75
percent,
depending
on
which
area
specifically
throughout
the
state.
I,
don't
think
it's
a
secret
anywhere.
It
definitely
is
compensation
for
the
majority
of
them.
D
D
And
then
also,
basically,
as
we
mentioned
before,
the
cost
of
vacancies,
taxpayers
really
is
the
service
that
we
can
provide
and
that's
the
safety
part.
Our
legislative
priorities
is
primarily,
we
have
the
budget
Parts,
which
we
did
we
did
put
in
our
budget
session
earlier.
I
can
go
through
them
or
we
can
go
straight
into
our
legislative
bill.
A
E
A
This
assembly,
woman
I,
can
speak
to
that.
So
in
order
to
make
sure
that
we
can
provide
things
to
the
members
of
the
public,
any
images,
even
if
the
folks
that
are
putting
together
presentations
have
rights
to
them.
The
legislature
doesn't
necessarily
have
the
rights
to
them,
which
we
would
need
in
order
to
share
them
with
the
public.
A
A
A
We
are
going
to
begin
our
series
of
presentations
about
autonomous
vehicle
technology
here
in
the
state
of
Nevada
I
re
I
recall,
you
know
some
of
the
great
Fanfare
when
some
of
the
first
autonomous
vehicles
were
hitting
the
streets,
especially
in
southern
Nevada
several
years
ago,
and
our
state
has
really
been
on
the
Forefront
of
creating
a
policy
and
an
environment
to
help
spur
the
development
of
those
Technologies
and
wanted
to
create
the
opportunity
for
members
of
the
committee
to
learn
about
some
of
the
various
applications
so
I
believe.
A
First,
we
are
going
to
ask
neuro
to
come
up
and
get
a
a
brief
presentation.
I
know
that
I
have
also
discussed
some
policy
matters
in
the
past,
so
welcome.
Whenever
you're
ready.
You
can
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
begin.
F
A
All
right
so
again,
whenever
you're
ready
just
say
your
name
again
for
the
record
before
you
begin
and
we
look
forward
to
the
presentation.
Thank
you.
F
F
So
this
is
our
vehicle.
We're
really
focused
on
building
a
service
that
will
deliver
anything
to
you
faster
than
you
would
normally
get
it
at
extremely
low
cost.
To
do
that.
We're
deploying
battery
electric
vehicles
that
operate
on
road
that
are
designed
exclusively
for
goods
delivery,
so
this
vehicle
will
never
have
a
human
occupant
there's
no
opportunity,
no
room
in
it
to
to
have
a
human
occupant
and
none
of
the
Creature
Comforts
required
for
human
occupancy
a
little
bit
about
us.
We
are
founded
in
2016..
F
We
have
a
little
over
1
000
employees
in
California,
Texas
Arizona,
and
here
in
Nevada
we
are
delivering
groceries,
medicine
and
pizza
with
Partners
like
Kroger,
like
Domino's,
which
you
may
have
seen
some
commercials
in
the
past
of
it,
avoiding
the
Noid
CBS
Walmart.
So
you
know
we
work
with
a
bunch
of
different
partners,
recently
FedEx
and
ubereats.
F
As
well
and
then
our
investment
in
Nevada
that
I'll
show
you
in
just
a
little
bit
very
excited
to
announce
that
we
are
working
and
will
open
this
year,
an
End
Of,
The,
Line
Manufacturing
facility
in
North,
Las
Vegas,
and
that
we're
at
the
Las
Vegas
Motor
Speedway
and
where
we've
built
a
testing
track
and
I,
have
a
video
to
show
you
as
well.
Just
briefly
on
that.
So
these
are
some
of
our
our
partners,
and
you
can
see
this
is
meant
to
Showcase
sort
of
the
use
case.
F
For
these
things
right,
we
have
the
grocery
delivery
service.
Where
we
can
extend.
You
know
physical
grocery
stores
to
two
food
deserts
right.
We
have
about
20
million
people
that
live
in
food
deserts
today
and
we
believe
we
can
reach
about
70
percent
of
those
with
this
type
of
vehicle.
And
then
we
have,
you
know
the
the
fun
burrito
you
get
delivery,
maybe
through
FedEx
from
a
very
low.
You
know
zero
emission
vehicle.
That
is
narrow.
That
is
light
that
is
low
speed
and
you
begin
to
look
at
I
know.
F
There
was
a
conversation
earlier
in
the
presentation
about
the
cost
of
infrastructure
or
right
on
our
roads,
this
being
like
a
narrow,
lighter
vehicle
right.
The
impact
to
road
infrastructure
is
actually,
you
know,
is
actually
just
diminished
right,
so
lower
cost
lower
impact
to
the
roads,
the
infrastructure,
and
then
you
have
the
Domino's
and
the
7-Elevens.
F
So
this
is
our
third
generation.
This
is
the
vehicle
that
is
being
manufactured
here
in
North,
Las
Vegas,
so
soon
will
be.
You
can
see
it
has
it's
just
really:
A
Step
Beyond,
what
our
R2!
This
is
our
R3,
our
next
Generation.
This
will
go
a
little
faster.
It
has
a
larger
payload,
it
will
have
Heating
and
Cooling
in
the
compartments,
and
you
can
sort
of
see
how
we
have
compartments
within
a
compartment
and
what
the
use
the
uses
of
this.
F
These
two
compartments
could
look
like
and
the
front
of
it
you'll
see
an
HMI
screen.
So
when
you
order
with
neuro
it
arrives
to
you,
you
punch
in
the
code
that
you're
texted,
you
punch
in
the
code
and
those
doors
open,
and
then
you
take
what
you
need
and
you
you
know,
Push.
The
door
close
button
door
closes
and
it's
on
its
way.
F
F
So
we've
been
at
the
Las
Vegas
Motor
Speedway
for
about
a
year
year
and
a
half
and
we've
built
this
small
city
right
at
the
the
at
the
motor
speedway
with
our
testing
track,
which
is
ironic
because
we
go
very
slow.
But.
F
So
we
have
really
allows
us
to
address.
This
type
of
model
allows
us
to
address
Community
challenges
like
safety,
where
we
have.
You
know
the
one
of
the
highest
rates
of
fatalities
in
our
roads.
Now
more
than
ever,
and
we
look
at
you
know
what
a
lower
speed
vehicle
means
for
that
reduction
in
fatalities.
We
have
a
study
that
says
we're
actually
looking
at
60
percent,
less
injuries
and
fatalities.
F
If
we
scale
something
like
this
on
our
roads,
and
so
you
know
that
really
being
the
focus
of
our
Focus,
which
is
making
sure
we
have
public
trust
and
reducing.
F
You
know
those
those
fatalities
and
injuries
on
our
road,
creating
a
safer
vehicle,
we're
also
zero
emissions,
we're
also
100
renewable,
so
that
being
sort
of
instilled
in
our
our
culture.
From
the
outset,
I
mentioned
serving
food
deserts
again.
This
is
truly
important
to
us
in
terms
of
our
reach
and
so
the
the
idea
about
serving
communities
that
are
typically
underserved.
We
have
areas
of
Houston,
for
example,
that
are
long
time.
You
know
food
deserts
and
don't
have
access
to
fresh
food
and
groceries.
F
We
have
you
know,
people
that
are
unable
to
get
to
the
grocery
store.
Elderly,
maybe
have
some
disabilities
and
we're
able
to
provide
Home,
Service
and
then
jobs.
So
we
produce
a
good
number
of
jobs,
new
jobs.
You
know
over
the
course
just
with
our
Retail
Partners
and
then
at
neuro
itself,
fully
benefited
living
wage
positions
like
we'll
have
at
the
manufacturing
facility
and
do
have
with
our
existing
footprint
here,
and
this
is
just
so.
F
We,
there
was
an
independent
report
that
came
out
from
the
steer
group
that
found
if
we
scale
this
this
vehicle,
this
model
between
2025
and
2035,
we're
looking
at
the
following
things.
So
3.4
million
jobs
created
4.1
trillion
economic
activity,
generated
348,
000,
fewer
crash
injuries,
407
million
tons,
CO2
avoided
and
8
000
tons
of
PM
2.5.
Those
harmful
missions
avoided.
F
So
our
investment
in
Nevada,
which
I'm
really
excited
to
talk
about,
is
40
million
to
develop
the
two
facilities
that
I
mentioned
in
to
in
North
Las
Vegas
and
Las
Vegas
Motor
Speedway
to
commercialize
the
scale
and
production
of
our
third
generation
AV,
which
you
saw.
This
is
our
large
manufacturing
facility,
the
rendering
I
think
I've
got
there.
We
go,
that's
it
actually
being
built,
so
it'll
be
the
first
End
of
Line
Manufacturing
in
the
country,
with
the
capacity
to
manufacture
tens
of
thousands
of
these
types
of
vehicles.
F
So
electric
delivery,
AVS
we're
breaking
ground
on
a
number
of
levels,
breaking
ground
on
the
building,
but
also
just
in
the
nature
of
what
we're
doing
here
and
then
the
the
facility
will
total
over
a
hundred
thousand
square
feet
in
eight
Acres
of
property
and
opens
this
year,
and
this
is
our
testing
track,
which
you
also
saw
the
74
Acres.
This
is
truly
and
you'll
see
a
durability
track,
which
is
what
that
is
which
allows
us
to
test
on
various
types
of
surfaces.
F
Right
because
we
look
at
this,
you
know
we
have
simulation
testing.
We
have,
you
know
artificial
testing.
We
have
synthetic
testing,
we
have
on
road
testing.
This
is
the
testing
that
is,
you
know
where
we
can
actually
in
a
safe
space
test,
all
sorts
of
environments,
and
so
this
is
prior
to
obviously
our
on-road
testing.
We
have
to
validate
and
go
through
a
number
of
of
testing
procedures,
and
then
we
move
on
roads.
This
is
a
really
valuable
stage
in
our
in
our
our
testing.
Our
safety
testing.
F
So
we're
looking
at
a
creation
of
about
250,
high-skilled
career
opportunities
with
a
2.2
billion
economic
impact
in
the
first
10
years
here
in
Nevada
just
lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
how
the
state
has
really
been
a
leader
in
promoting
safe
development
of
AVS.
We've
been
so
proud.
We
are
proud
to
be
here
and
just
so
proud
of
the
leadership,
and
you
know
leadership
this
this
body
has
had
since
2011,
which
was
the
first.
You
know
AV.
F
You
know
bill
passed,
first,
AV
legislation
in
the
country
just
pretty
outstanding
and
then
last
session
passed
AB
412,
which
allows
us
to
operate
on
road,
basically
says
that
we
don't
have
to.
We
don't
need
things
like
side
view
mirrors
and
we
don't
need
things
like
dashboard
indicators.
F
If
you
don't
have
anybody
in
the
vehicle
or
driver
that
makes
no
sense,
and
so
thankfully,
the
state
and
this
body
agreed
and
passed
this
bill
that
allows
us
to
operate
here
and
then
you
know
continuing
leadership
for
AV
job
growth,
so
Senator
dondara
Loop
is
you
know,
working
on
a
bill.
F
This
session,
we
hope
to
you
know,
have
have
more
discussion
about
this,
obviously,
in
the
months
to
come,
but
just
think
you
know
this
body
again
for
all
their
support
and
and
Leadership
of
the
state
and
when
it
comes
to
autonomous
vehicle
and
Innovation
policy
and
with
that
I.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation.
It
is
it's
exciting
to
see
the
development
of
this
technology
move
forward,
and
we
appreciate
the
Investments
that
that
you
have
made
here
in
the
state
of
Nevada
to
deploy
zero
emissions
autonomous
technology,
so
we'll
open
it
up
to
see.
If
any
members
have
questions
and
then
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
presenter
yesama
go
ahead.
H
Just
thank
you
for
the
present.
H
F
I
H
One
more
question:
if
I
may
and
then
in
the
compartment
does
each
is
one
compartment
for
one
person
buying
goods
or
is
there
a
lot
of
different
things
in
the
department
and
people
just
pick
out?
What
is
theirs
just
curious,
how
that
works
and.
F
Yes,
sorry
Katie
Stevens
from
neuro.
We,
it
could
be
a
variety
of
things,
so
it
could
be
that,
for
example,
FedEx
we'd
have
the
doors
open
and
you'd
have
a
unique
code
for
the
locker.
That
is
yours,
and
then
you
could
have
the
ideas
matching
right.
That
creates
efficiency,
but
it
also
lowers
the
carbon
footprint
right.
We
want
to
eliminate
congestion
on
our
roads,
and
so
batching
is
really
important
and
for
Retail
Partners
as
well
right.
F
J
Thank
you
chair,
so
in
your
presentation
earlier
you
mentioned
that
they
were
slow.
They
were
slow,
they
were
slow.
Now
you
mentioned
they
go
up
to
45
miles
an
hour
and
45
miles.
An
hour
is
not
actually
slow.
I,
don't
want
to
imply
that
it's
the
average
speed
on
many
roads,
but
if
you're
hit
by
a
vehicle
going
45
miles
an
hour
it
it's
pretty
impactful.
So
can
you
maybe
speak
to
that
because
again
at
that
point,
it's
literally
going
the
same
average
speed
as
most
automobiles.
F
No,
that's
a
great
Katie
Stevens
with
neuro
assembly
woman.
That's
a
really
wonderful
comment.
Our
vehicles
right
now
are
low
speed,
Vehicles,
so
they're
neighborhood
electric
vehicles
they
only
go
25
25
miles
per
hour,
is
what
they
currently
go.
This
next
model
will
be
able
to
go
up
to
45
miles
per
hour,
but
it
won't
go
that
it
doesn't
go
that
that
speed
now
and
so
when
I
talk
about
low
speed,
I'm
talking
about
that
25
mile
per
hour,
so
the
network
of
neighborhood
roads.
F
Obviously,
when
you
go
to
45,
that's
when
you
go
on
the
higher
speed
roads
that
you're
discussing,
but
as
far
as
you
know,
what
we
find
valuable
are
a
couple
of
things
right,
slow
streets.
We
wholeheartedly
support
this
will
never
this
vehicle
will
never
drive,
drunk
or
distracted.
It
will
never
drive
over
the
speed
limit.
F
You
know
those
are
the
benefits
to
communities.
You
know,
you
know
the
local
level
and
you
know
residential
streets.
You
know,
and-
and
so
you
know
we
fully
are.
You
know
very
supportive
of
the
types
of
herbal
streets,
livable
communities,
policies
that
are
really
focused
on.
You
know
bike
infrastructure
and
finding
other
modes
for
people
to
to
get
around
in
sort
of
a
low
carbon
way.
A
Thank
you
and
I
believe
just
to
follow
up
on
that.
One
of
the
issues
was
also
making
sure
that
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
those
45
mile.
An
hour
kind
of
arterials
and
from
what
I
under
have
understood
previously
is
the
goal
is
to
be
able
to
cross
those
to
use
them
when
necessary,
but
for
the
most
part
to
to
stay
on
those
a
smaller
slower
streets.
Is
that
correct,
yeah.
F
K
Thank
you
chair,
so
thank
you
all
for
coming
to
North
Las
Vegas
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions,
kind
of
about
your
Workforce.
K
What
how
many
people
do
you
plan
to
employ
at
that
North,
Las,
Vegas
location
and
what
is
what's
the
salary
range
average
salary
range
and
kind
of
the
skill
sets
that's
involved
with
working
there.
Yeah.
F
So
we
anticipate
Oh
Katie
Stevens
with
neuro.
Thank
you,
assemblyman
I
appreciate
it.
It's
good
to
see
you
again,
I
think
you
know
we
anticipate
hiring
about
250
employees
between
the
two,
but
most
of
our
two
facilities.
F
Most
of
the
employees
will
be
at
the
manufacturing
facility
as
far
as
wages,
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
off
top
of
my
head,
but
what
we
do
have
is
we
have
a
commitment
to
work
with
our
community
colleges,
especially
we
do
that
already
in
the
Bay
Area
in
Houston,
and
really
looking
forward
to
to
doing
that
in
in
North
Las
Vegas,
but
we're
looking
at
you
know
livable.
These
are
obviously
livable
wages.
They
are
fully
benefited
positions
in
the
other
states
that
we
operate.
F
We
have
like
Fleet,
Tech,
AV,
Fleet,
Tech,
certifications
for
the
first
of
its
kind,
and
so
what
we
do
is
we
take
existing
curriculum
and
sort
of
pull
it
together
right,
a
little
bit
of
I.T
a
little
bit
of
Auto
Tech
creates
maybe
a
perfect
certification
program
or
training
for
an
auto
tech
right.
It
could
be
the
same
sort
of
level
of
education
that
may
be.
You
know
required
in
the
in
the
manufacturing
facility,
but
it's
just
you
know
in
the
Bay
Area
you
can
go
to
school
and
get
this
upskilling
for
free
right.
F
You
go
and,
and
you
work
at
neuro
while
you're
getting
this
or
you
get
this
and
then
go
work
at
neuro,
but
that
transition
and
that
that
you
know
sort
of
externship
opportunity
not
having
to
give
up
a
job
necessarily
to
go
to
school
and
having
a
job
while
going
to
school
or
getting
training,
is
so
truly
important
to
us.
And
so
we
would
love
to
work.
Obviously
we're
very
interested
in
working
with
local
Workforce
groups
to
and
and
colleges
to
make
that
happen.
K
So
the
thank
you
for
all
of
that.
The,
when
do
you
plan
to
I
guess
bring
online
the
250
jobs.
How
what's
the
timeline
look
like
before
you're
fully
staffed.
F
Yeah
I
think
it'll
take
a
little
bit
of
time.
We
will
have
the
building
up
and
running
or
fully
built
by
end
of
year
and
then
we'll
slowly
start
increasing
staff
as
we
start
deploying
more
of
R3.
So
right
now
it's
looking
at
sort
of
what
is
the
demand
for
our
next
Generation
vehicle?
How
are
we
deploying
and
what
is
the
demand
for
that
vehicle
right
and
then
that
demand
spills
over
into
our
manufacturing
facility?
So
I?
F
A
Thank
you
great
question.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
hear
about
some
of
those
Workforce
Development
initiatives,
it's
great
to
to
create
new
jobs
here
in
Nevada
and
make
sure
that
that
there's
opportunities
for
that
across
the
community
and
then
creating
those
those
credentials
that
that
also
help
build
career
paths
for
folks
members,
any
additional
questions
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
again.
So
much
for
the
presentation.
We
appreciate
it
we'll
move
on
to
our
next
presentation.
I.
Think
we'll
hear
from
emotional
next,
so.
L
Sam
wimpy
for
the
record
and
I'm
also
joined
here
with
Morgan
Roth,
who
is
also
at
motional
I'd
like
to
thank
chair
watts
and
vice
chair
Brown
May,
for
your
invitation
to
present
today,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
members
of
the
growth
infrastructure
committee.
Emotional
actually
had
the
pleasure
of
presenting
to
this
committee
two
years
ago,
and
so
we're
excited
to
give
you
an
update
for
where
things
are
at
and
what
we've
been
up
to
over
the
course
of
the
last
few
years.
L
So
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
emotional,
we
are
a
joint
venture
between
Hyundai,
Motor,
Group
and
active.
Many
of
you
probably
saw
active
vehicles
around
Las
Vegas
several
years
ago.
Essentially,
everyone
who
was
at
that
facility
is
now
emotional
employee.
We
are
developing
autonomous
vehicles,
they
are
on
an
all-electric
Hyundai
platform.
L
You
can
see
an
image
of
it
right
here,
I'd
like
to
stress
that
these
vehicles
are
going
to
be
used
for
ride,
hail,
only
they're
being
developed
for
fleets
only
we're
not
we're
not
a
freight
autonomous
vehicle
developer,
and
these
are
not
going
to
be
vehicles
that
are
ever
going
to
be.
For
sale
at
a
Hyundai
dealership,
these
are
specifically
going
to
be
for
Fleet
operations
on
ride
hill
platforms.
L
Okay,
a
little
bit
about
emotional
and
our
footprint
we
have
our
largest
testing
facility
is
right.
In
Las
Vegas,
we
started
investing
in
Las
Vegas
in
2017
2018.
I'm
not
going
to
belabor
the
point
around
Nevada's,
forward-thinking
approach
to
autonomous
vehicles,
but
that's
what
gave
us
the
certainty
to
start
investing
in
the
state
and
we've
really
grown
quite
a
bit
since
then
outside
of
Las
Vegas.
We
also
have
facilities
in
Santa,
Monica,
the
Boston
area,
Bay,
Area,
Pittsburgh
and
Singapore.
L
We
have
over
350
employees
in
Nevada,
since
we
last
presented
to
you.
We
had
we've
added
a
hundred,
so
the
hundreds
just
spent
in
the
last
few
years.
Things
are
looking
good,
we're
likely
to
continue
growing.
That
and
I'll
have
some
more
information
about
Workforce
as
we
get
into
that
we're
partnered
with
Uber
and
Lyft
we're
the
only
autonomous
vehicle
company.
That's
offering
rides
on
both
of
those
platforms,
including
in
the
Las
Vegas
area.
Right
now.
L
Choose
yes,
I'd,
like
one
of
those
rides
and
we've
given
over
125
000
rides
to
members
of
the
public
since
we
started
giving
those
and
we've
not
had
us
in
the
in
those
who
travel
two
million
miles
and
not
had
a
single
at
fault
incident
in
that
entire
time,
all
right
a
little
bit
about
our
time
in
Nevada,
so
I
mentioned,
we've
been
investing
here
for
several
years.
We
opened
our
first
technical
facility,
which
I've
got
a
little
bit
more
information
about
in
2018,
and
we
first
began
testing
on
Uber
and
Lyft.
L
L
And
in
our
time
in
Nevada,
we've
been
partnering
with
a
number
of
different
organizations.
First
of
all,
we've
been
working
very
closely
with
the
RTC.
We
found
them
to
be
a
great
partner
in
discussing
all
things
transportation.
L
We
also
work
very
closely
with
the
metropolitan
Las
Vegas
Police
Force
we're
doing
some
really
interesting
testing
with
them
right
now,
where
we're
doing
siren
detection
light
detection
and
Building
A
playbook
for
making
sure
that
autonomous
vehicles
operate
better
than
a
human
after
after
an
incident
or
around
First
Responders
to
give
them
the
confidence,
First
Responders
the
confidence
that
these
vehicles
are
on
the
road
and
are
going
to
be
operating
as
safer
safer
than
a
human.
We
also
work
very
closely
with
Workforce
connections
to
make
sure
the
pipeline
of
talent
that's
coming
into.
L
All
of
our
companies
has
all
the
skills
it
needs
to
succeed
and
to
develop
in
Las
Vegas,
and
then
you've
got
a
couple
more
pictures
here
of
our
our
vehicle
going
along
the
strip
and
some
photos
here
of
our
our
technical
facility.
Okay,
our
Workforce
I
mentioned.
We
have
350
employees
a
little
bit
of
a
breakdown
in
terms
of
what
that
looks
like.
So
that's
20,
Engineers,
that's
your
your
classic.
You
know
coders
software
developers,
phds
that
are
all
some
of
them,
are
coming
out
of
Las
Vegas
schools.
L
Some
of
them
are,
are
moving
from
elsewhere
in
the
United
States
and
bring
their
families
and
purchasing
property
here.
But
45
are
vehicle
operators.
Those
are
your
Safety
Drivers.
Those
are
jobs
that
do
not
require
a
college
education.
In
fact,
you
just
have
to
have
a
clean
driving
record
and
a
really
a
strong
desire
to
want
to
learn
and
and
work
hard.
Those
are
full-time
employees
start
sixty
thousand
dollars
a
year,
full
health
care
benefits.
What
have
you
and
there's
a
lot
of
upward
mobility
within
that
role?
L
I
mean
we
have
a
number
of
folks
that
have
moved
into
much
higher
positions
such
as
Fleet
support,
remote
operators
and
a
number
of
different
roles
like
that
and
as
we
go
to
fully
driverless,
you
know,
I
won't
spend
too
much
time
on
this,
but
these
employees
are
going
to
continue
to
be
employees
and
there's
a
number
of
things.
L
We're
going
to
have
them
continue
doing,
including
continue
to
test
in
new
areas
around
Nevada
to
make
sure
that
we're
constantly
growing
the
territory
that
we
operate
in
and
then
we've
got
20
percent
that
our
technicians
support,
Specialists
remote
operators.
A
lot
of
those,
especially
the
technicians,
are
coming
out
of
vocational
schools.
L
A
Seeing
none
I
do
have
one
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
just
speak
a
little
briefly.
I
have
had
the
opportunity
to
visit
and
and
to
to
ride
in
in
one
of
the
vehicles,
and
you
spoke
about
kind
of
the
ongoing
testing,
as
well
as
some
of
the
mapping
work
and
so
I
think
it's
helpful
for
members
to
understand
different
technological
applications
and
in
general
you
know
where
you're
operating
you
do
extensive
mapping
of
of
kind
of
the
environment
in
advance.
A
So
if
you
could
just
speak
kind
of
a
little
bit
to
that
and
at
a
high
level
about
your
approach
and
that
you
know
the
it
seems
like
at
least
at
this
point,
this
technology
can't
just
kind
of
turn
down
a
road,
and
you
have
to
do
a
lot
of
of
work
on
the
front
end,
to
make
sure
that
these
vehicles
are
really
prepared
for
for
different
encounters
or
situations.
They
could
face.
Maybe
speak
a
little
bit
too
about
road
work
and
other
things
that
chain
change
up.
L
Thank
you
for
the
question
chair,
Watts,
Sam
wimpy
for
the
record
promotional,
yeah
yeah.
That's
the
the
mapping
piece
is
a
really
important
component
before
our
vehicles
go
anywhere.
We
have
to
map
every
area,
you
know
dozens
of
times
and
that's
not
just
a
map
like
what
you
see
on
Google
street
view.
This
is
a
three
definite
three-dimensional
high
definition
map.
L
This
allows
us
to
have
100
certainty
when
we're
driving
down
the
road.
If
there
are
changes
that
we
know
exactly
where
those
changes
are
and
allows
our
vehicles
to
know
precisely
where
they
are
down
to
the
millimeter
On
Any
Given
Road,
so
that
you
know,
if
there
is,
you
know,
storms
that
blow
debris
into
the
roadway.
If
there's
impromptu
construction
things
like
that,
our
vehicle
is
able
to
pick
up
those
things
with
its
sensors.
L
And
so
that's
why
you
can't
bring
a
car
right
up
to
Carson
City
right
away,
unfortunately,
and
have
it
giving
rides
to
the
members
of
this
committee
up
and
down
the
street
because
we
just
we
frankly,
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
map
in
those
areas
yet,
and
so
that's
a
really
expensive
Endeavor
to
do
ahead
of
time.
And
then,
as
roadway
construction
happens.
L
That's
it's
a
pretty
complex
thing.
It's
handled
at
a
lot
of
different
levels
of
government
and
so
we're
always
making
sure
that
we're
trying
to
keep
abreast
of
where
those
different
construction
projects
are
are
working,
because
there
is
a
limited
area
where
we
operate
and
making
sure
that
we
have
the
ability
to
test
on
the
roads
that
we
do
is
critical.
A
L
Chair
Watts,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Sam
wimpy,
for
the
record.
The
way
our
vehicles
are
designed
in
terms
of
redundancy
is
that
they
do
not
rely
on
Smart
infrastructure
because
our
roads
have
to
operate
on
the
roads
of
today
and
a
lot
of
the
roads.
Frankly,
don't
have
Smart
lights
or
different
sorts
of
smart
meters.
Things
like
that.
However,
there
are
a
number
of
different
smart
intersections
all
throughout
the
Las
Vegas
area
that
have
that
operate
on
previously.
L
Dsrc
they've
moved
to
other
frequencies
now,
and
we
do
have
the
ability
to
leverage
those,
and
so,
when
they're
available,
we
can
make
use
of
them.
We
can
make
our
our
planning
a
little
bit
more
efficient,
but
if
we're
ever
in
an
area
where
a
traffic
light
is
down
or
is
not
operating,
we
can
still
operate
just
fine
without
those
pieces.
So
we
don't
require
massive
sorts
of
infrastructure
upgrades
in
order
to
operate.
We
can
operate
on
the
roads
of
today.
A
A
M
I
am
my
name
is
Anand
Nanda
Kumar
for
the
record
and
I'm
the
founder
of
CEO
of
halo
car,
so
it's
halo
car
before
I
start
presenting
I'm
so
proud
to
be
in
Nevada,
because
I
started
the
company
in
San
Francisco
as
a
single
person,
solo
founder
and
I
moved
to
Nevada
with
just
a
backpack
and
a
minivan,
so
we're
30
people
now
so
I
want
to
talk
about
that
process
Journey,
but
then
I
want
to
start
off
with
a
vision
of
why
I
started
hail
in
the
first
place.
M
I
had
a
vision
that
the
world
should
be
running
on
all
electric
vehicles
and
today
there's
a
big
difficulty.
Only
three
to
four
percent
of
general
population
has
access
to
an
electric
car
number.
One
problem
is
because
it's
too
expensive
forty
thousand
dollars
for
a
single
electric
car,
not
everybody,
can
afford
a
40
000
car
number
two
is
even
if
you're
able
to
afford
it.
You
have
to
rectify
your
house
with
some
form
of
charging
infrastructure.
M
It's
a
big
limiting
factor
for
general
population
to
rapidly
change
into
all
electric
vehicles
and
number
three
private
cars
when
they
owned
and
operated
privately
are
part
96
of
the
time
so
for
every
car
we
make
in
the
US
today
we
make
eight
parking
spaces
that
comes
with
it.
This
is
why
cities
today
in
the
US
are
not
walkable.
If
you
go
to
Europe,
every
city
is
almost
nearly
walkable.
It's
because
there's
not
enough
parking
spaces
in
the
downtown
area.
Cars
are
not
allowed
in
downtown
area,
so
we
want
to
think
about
changing
this
infrastructure.
M
That's
why
I
started
Halo
in
the
first
place.
What
if
a
car
can
come
to
you
for
you
to
drive
with
nobody
inside
and
then
when
you're
done?
What,
if
you
don't
have
to
ever
think
about
parking
that
car?
That
was
a
vision
for
Halo,
so
with
a
push
of
a
button,
a
car
just
comes
to
you
with
nobody
inside
just
delivered
to
you,
and
then
you
jump
in
the
driver's
seat.
You
take
over
drive
the
car.
How
much
ever
you
want
when
you're
done,
you
don't
have
to
think
about
parking.
M
We
all
understand
parking
is
a
nightmare,
no
matter
which
city
we
live
in,
so
you
just
hop
off
and
walk
away.
The
car
is
just
gone.
The
biggest
difficulty
in
operating
a
fleet
is
reposition
the
fleet.
So
if
we
solve
that
repositioning
problem,
everybody
now
has
has
an
access
to
an
all-electric
vehicle.
That's
the
vision
for
Halo,
that's
what
we're
trying
we're
building.
M
So
it's
extremely
convenient,
if
you
think
about
like
the
whole
transformation
sector,
the
private
transmission
sector,
you
have
your
Rideshare
companies,
you
have
your
car
share
companies
and
you
have
the
car
rental
companies
Halo
kind
of
combines
them
all
together
in
a
very
unique
way,
where
able
to
give
it
very
affordable.
You
know
cars
share
service
at
a
very
convenient
and
accessible
way.
The
car
comes
to
you,
that's
the
beauty
of
Halo.
M
The
way
we
do
it
we're
now
autonomous,
we're
simply
hiring
people,
training
them
to
remotely
drive
the
car
or
remotely
pilot
the
car.
Very.
Similarly,
how
the
usdod
defense
has
been
doing
piloting
remote
drones
exactly
the
same
kind
of
way,
so
we
have
about
eight
different
patents
were
filed
on
how
we
operate
this
remotely
to
be
extremely
safe
and
extremely
precise.
M
Just
a
little
bit
of
inception
of
the
company
I
started
the
company
in
2019,
as
I
earlier
mentioned
this,
but
myself
before
that
I
ran
Uber's
perception,
teams
for
the
self-driving
cars
and
trucking
program
and
realized
that
autonomy
is
an
incredibly
hard
challenge
to
solve
it's
going
to
take
a
very
long
time
before
we
can
actually
get
a
very
commercial
product
product,
that's
scalable,
but
we
wanted
to
find
a
way
today
to
solve
a
climate
problem
that
is
getting
the
whole
population.
It
moved
to
all
electric
vehicles
that
was
the
primary
Vision
behind
Halo.
M
M
2021
worked
with
the
DMV
really
really
closely
to
get
this
permit
from
the
dma
saying:
you're
ready
to
go
start
testing
on
public
roads
and
that's
how
we
commend
starting
public
roads
and
then
that
allowed
us
to
go,
raise
even
more
capital
from
some
of
the
top
of
the
top
investors
in
Silicon
Valley
I
personally
raised
it
I've
gone
through
all
of
the
fundraising
processes
myself
to
close
that
round
and
that
allowed
us
to
grow
and
bring
the
service
to
actual
commercial
viability
which
I
want
to
talk
about
how
we're
doing
it.
M
But
before
that
we
have
customers,
which
means
that
we
have
Revenue
people,
absolutely
love
us
the
minute.
They
see
the
car
get
delivered
to
that
doorstep
and
they
don't
have
to
worry
about
going
to
a
parking
lot.
That's
secluded
in
random
place
to
go
pick
up
a
car
and
drop
off
a
car.
Another
parking
lot,
the
game
changes
they
keep
coming
back
over
and
over
and
over.
They
want
to
keep
getting
a
car
over
and
over
and
over
and
they're
ready
to
almost
give
up
their
car
and
start
moving
to
all
service
model.
M
We've
got
ton
of
coverage
in
the
Press
I
know
you
were
a
young
company
compared
to
all
the
other
folks
who
are
much
much
smaller,
but
we're
gaining
a
lot
of
attention.
People
have
written
about
us
all
over
from
Nash
Nationwide
to
local
they've
written
about
us
about
how
we're
operating
here
in
Las,
Vegas
So.
Speaking
of
how
we
operate,
we
launch
a
service
in
four
different
stages.
The
stage
one
is
only
manual.
There
is
no
Tech,
no
there's
no
autonomy.
There's
no
remote
Pilots,
nothing!
M
When
you
go
to
halo.car
today,
you
can
request
a
car.
We
will
just
sit
in
the
car,
drive
the
car
to
you
and
deliver
the
car
to
you
again.
The
primary
mission
of
the
company
is
to
move
the
whole
world
to
all
electric
vehicles.
It
doesn't
matter
how
come
the
car
comes
to
you
once
the
car
comes
to
you,
you
jump
and
you
drive
it.
How
much
ever
you
want
when
you're
done
just
literally
leave
the
car
in
your
doorstep
and
walk
away,
we
will
remotely
lock
the
car
and
take
over
this
passing
person.
M
Come
pick
up.
The
car
bring
it
back
to
our
parking
lots
and
get
a
charge
clean,
get
ready
for
the
next
customer.
This
is
live
right
now
in
Las,
Vegas
and
customers
are
ordering
every
single
day
stage.
Two
is
when
we
started
testing
remotely
delivered
cars.
That
is
someone
in
our
base
station.
That's
trained
remote
pilot
that
sits
there
and
drives
the
car
remotely
with
a
safety
driver
inside
to
be
absolutely
certain
we're
doing
everything
the
right
way
to
get
the
car
delivered
to
a
customer.
M
Once
it's
delivered
same
as
stage
one,
they
drive,
the
ones
are
done
to
drop
it
off
stage
3
or
super
Pride.
That
stage
three
were
commencing
very
very
soon,
which
means
that
the
car
is
fully
driverless.
There's
nobody
inside
the
car
fully
remotely
driven
to
go,
deliver
the
car
to
a
customer
with
a
Chase
car
and
the
Chase
car.
There
are
two
operators:
one
is
a
safety
driver,
that's
driving
the
car,
the
Chase
car
itself
and
the
e-stop
operator,
which
means
that
they
have
a
wireless
stop
button.
M
They
can
stop
the
car
and
live
and
they
needed
to
stop
the
car.
That
stage
we're
commercially
launching
very
very
soon
in
the
first
quarter
this
year
in
downtown
Las
Vegas.
So
we're
super
super
proud
about
this
achievement
in
the
last
stage
of
stage
four,
where
we
won't
have
a
Chase
Card
at
all.
That
is
when
you
request
a
car,
just
comes
to
you
with
nobody
inside
that's
a
sight
to
see.
We
have
viral
videos
on
this
one.
M
So
this
is
the
coverage
zone
right
now
for
stage
one
where
we're
at,
except
for
the
airport
and
and
some
small
little
areas,
we
cover
all
of
Las
Vegas,
so
you
can
be
in
Centennial
hills.
You
could
be
in
Henderson,
doesn't
matter,
you
just
go
to
halo.car
and,
of
course,
the
car
we
will
come
deliver
the
car
to
you.
It's
all
electric
fully
charged
260
miles
on
a
single
charge,
Drive,
how
much
of
it
you
want!
You
don't
have
to
worry
about
recharging
it
when
you
give
it
back,
just
give
us
10
miles.
M
That's
it!
We'll
take
it
back
and
very
affordable
this
year,
we're
going
to
be
rolling
out
stage
three
in
downtown
that
little
triangular
looking
box,
that
you
see
the
yellow
one,
that's
what
we're
starting
off
with
in
the
first
quarter
and
we're
going
to
be
scaling
that
all
across
Las
Vegas.
As
you
see
the
green
big
polygon
is
manual
deliveries
and
then
the
purple
polygon
is
the
actual
remote
delivery.
So
we're
going
to
be
scaling
to.
M
So
we
had
a
incredible
2020
two.
We
had
a
brand
new
office
right
across
from
the
English
hotel,
where
the
famous
Kitty
statue
is.
We
took
over
that
building
now
we're
almost
30
people.
We
started
Road
testing
fully
remote.
Nobody
inside
the
car
is
one
of
our
Pilots
that
is
trained,
full-time,
employee,
all
locally
hired
as
a
military
veteran,
and
we
have
an
incredible
partnership
with
T-Mobile.
They
saw
the
IP
that
we
created.
M
Not
only
did
they
partner
with
us,
they
also
invested
in
the
company
because
the
rally
which
we're
using
the
network
is
very
powerful
for
them.
Everybody
is
taking
rides
in
our
car
from
law
enforcement
to
every
city.
Council
members,
mayor
everybody's,
been
in
the
cars,
so
we're
super
super
excited
for
that
close
level
of
partnership
with
the
city
of
Las,
Vegas
and
the
state.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
and
I
think
some
of
those
additional
stages
are
are
set
at
least
partly
in
assembly
district
15,
which
is
exciting
to
see
members.
Do
we
have
any
questions
for
these
presenters,
some
of
them
Galant.
N
All
right
hi,
thank
you
chairman,
so
it's
an
interesting
idea
and
actually,
while
you
were
talking,
I
set
up
an
account
and
I
wanted
to
see
how
much
it
would
cost
and
so
I
mean
I
kind
of
it
seems
like
the
idea
is
like
no
more
cars
and
especially
if
you
live
in
a
city
and
we
don't
have
to
buy
cars
anymore,
and
we
can
just
have
this
service.
M
Yeah
for
the
record
CEO
of
Halo-
yes,
absolutely
right
so
right
now
it
costs
800
for
average
car
to
be
maintained
per
month.
Right,
that's
way
too
expensive.
We
want
to
get
to
a
point
where
car
becomes
a
service,
not
a
asset.
That's
losing
value
every
single
day
right.
We
want
to
get
to
that
stage,
but
we'll
have
to
start
somewhere
as
a
young
company.
We
have
to
start
to
a
point
where
we
have
to
show
some
form
of
break-even
period
for
the
car
and
that's
why
we're
starting
with
that
cost.
M
But
then
the
whole
point
of
the
car
is
even
if
you
take
a
car,
you
should
not
be
parking
it.
If
you
rent
a
car
today,
it's
parked
literally
96
of
the
time
right.
So
when
you
use
the
car
we're
asking
you
to
use
it
by
the
hour,
that's
why,
by
the
hour,
it's
only
ten
dollars
rented
by
the
hour
or
use
it
by
the
hour
when
you're
done
just
say:
I'm
done
we'll,
come
and
pick
it
up
wherever
it
is,
so
don't
hold
the
card
just
leave
it
back.
N
M
Question
so
it's
not
on
an
app,
you
don't
have
to
download
anything.
You
just
go
to
halo.com
your
mobile
phone
and
it
could
request
it
right
off
the
bat
and
all
online
on
the
website
mobile
website
and
it's
live
right
now
and
the
delivery
time
is
about
an
hour
because
we
are
still
a
young
company.
We
we
have
a
very
small
Fleet.
We
only
have
17
cars
right
now
and
on
hand
right,
so
we
still
have
to
scale
to
that
level
where
we
can
drop
that
delivery
time.
M
H
Thank
you,
chair
show
us
once
you
take
possession
of
the
car,
could
you
have
the
option
of
not
driving
and
having
your
driver?
I
guess
continue
on.
We
could
sit
in
the
back
seat
and
work
on
all
of
our
bills.
Here.
M
There
are
two
reasons
why
we
don't
do
that
today,
maybe
in
the
future
we
might,
but
the
number
one
reason
is:
the
liability
is
too
high
for
us
you're
way
too
expensive
because
of
momentum
for
us
to
drive
you
around.
So
we
can't
that's
number
one
for
insurance
purposes,
Library
purposes
and
number
two
is
it's
just
not
cost
effective
for
us
when
we
drive?
That
means
that
now
one
remote
pilot
is
fully
occupied
for
the
entire
duration
of
we
driving
you.
It's
simply
not
a
profitable
Venture
for
us
to
like
pursue
that.
M
But
what
we
see,
though,
is
a
beautiful
merge
between
autonomy
and
a
remote
pilot
when
remote
pilot
becomes
a
supervisor
way
down
the
line
where
he
could
technically
sit
just
idling,
we
don't
have
to,
we
don't
have
to
do
any
driving,
but
the
car
could
do
majority
of
the
work,
but
the
remote
pilot
becomes
a
supervisor
they're
able
to
push
some
commands
to
it
and
get
over
some
of
the
humps.
That
could
happen
in
the
future.
A
A
And
that
answered
one
of
the
questions
that
I
had,
which
was,
if
and
I
appreciate,
the
clarification
that
it's
a
remote
remote
driving
technology
right
now,
but
it
sounds
like
autonomy
is
envisioned
potentially
down
the
road
in
future
phases.
So
thank
you
again
for
coming
and
and
sharing
an
update
on
your
operations
with
us
today.
Thank.
A
O
For
the
record,
my
name
is
Eileen
Zhong
and
I.
Am
the
director
of
government
Affairs
at
Starship
Technologies
good
afternoon,
chair
Watts,
Vice,
chair
Brown,
May
and
committee
members?
Thank
you
so
much
for
inviting
Starship
for
this
presentation.
O
I'm
so
glad
this
worked,
I
was
very
nervous
about
this.
Starship
is
revolutionizing.
The
way
goods
are
moved
with
autonomous
delivery
through
our
personal
delivery
devices
or
delivery
robots.
These
delivery
robots
are,
are
low,
mass
and
low
speed
and
designed
to
deliver
food
groceries
and
packages
locally
within
miles.
O
A
little
background
on
Starship
We
were
founded
in
2014
by
the
two
co-founders
of
Skype,
after
a
request
or
competition
was
created
by
NASA
for
Moon
Rovers.
Needless
to
say,
they
didn't
win
that
competition
and
these
didn't
end
up
on
the
moon,
but
they
knew
that
they
had
something
here
and
it
could
make
an
impact
on
Earth
by
solving
the
issues
around
last
mile
delivery.
O
From
there
we
launched
our
first
commercial
delivery
in
2019
and
have
been
expanding
ever
since
the
robot
is
designed
to
deliver
locally
within
a
three
to
four
mile
radius
and
can
be
accessed
through
a
mobile
application
platform,
either
through
the
Starship
app
or
depending
on
who
our
partner
is.
It
could
be
through
also
the
GrubHub
app.
O
O
O
So
how
do
these
pdds
operate?
The
robots
travel
at
a
about
a
fast
walking
speed
so
about
four
miles
per
hour
or
so,
but
significantly
slow
down
when
they
encounter
humans.
So
when
they
are
in
a
crowded
place
or
around
other
pedestrians,
they
substantially
slow
down
to
about
two
miles
per
hour,
or
so
they
can
operate
essentially
anywhere.
Pedestrians
are
able
to
navigate,
but
they
mainly
operate
on
sidewalks
and
on
crosswalks.
O
O
Our
robots
have
a
whole
host
of
safety
mechanisms
in
place
that
allows
it
to
see
and
navigate
the
world
autonomously,
which
include
cameras.
There
are
about
12
of
them
and
include
three
time-of-flight
cameras.
There
are
also
ultrasonic
sensors,
GPS
and
a
whole
host
of
neural
networks
that
allows
it
to
see
the
world
in
very
rare
cases.
O
Some
stats
for
everyone.
Since
we
began
our
commercial
operations,
we
have
completed
over
4
million
deliveries
worldwide
and
driven
over
5
million
autonomous
miles
since
our
Inception.
Additionally,
our
robots
have
completed
over
140
000
Road
Crossings,
all
across
the
world.
Every
day,
We
Now
operate
in
six
countries,
which
include
Estonia,
Denmark,
Germany,
Finland,
the
UK
and
obviously,
here
in
the
U.S.
O
We
currently
are
in
operations
at
about
35
different
college
campuses,
all
across
the
country,
which
include
some
names
like
UNLV,
of
course,
UNR
Arizona,
State,
UCLA,
Purdue,
University,
James,
Madison,
University,
the
University
of
Mississippi,
and
so
many
more
of
these
35
campuses
we
operate
in
about
25
different
states.
O
O
There
are.
There
are
24
States
across
the
country
and
Washington
DC
that
have
legislation
in
place
that
provide
a
framework
for
PDD
operations.
The
legislation
itself
provides
guidance
for
weight,
speed
allowance
for
operations
on
pedestrian,
accessible
areas
such
as
sidewalks
and
crossings,
and
they
are
categorized
as
non-vehicular
because
they
only
operate
on
sidewalks
and
crossings.
O
These
bills
are
fairly
broad
across
the
U.S,
so
it
allows
a
lot
of
room
for
local
control
and
for
these
decisions
to
ultimately
be
made
at
the
local
jurisdiction
where
about
where
the
robots
can
or
cannot
operate.
So
a
lot
of
these
decisions
are
made
at
the
local
level
in
the
jurisdictions
where
we
currently
operate
in.
O
We
are
excited
to
bring
our
services
to
the
campuses
in
Nevada,
but
unfortunately,
one
of
the
barriers
that
we
Face
to
operations
and
expansion
here
in
the
state
is
Dylan's
rule.
So,
for
example,
we've
been
operating
at
the
unlv's
main
campus
for
about
six
or
seven
months
now,
but
we
have
a
limitation
to
where
we
can
expand
so
because
the
campus
actually
crosses
a
number
of
public
roads
throughout
the
county.
O
Our
hope
is
that
introducing
legislation
this
year
will
provide
an
explicit
framework
for
local
jurisdictions
that
will
allow
them
to
have
the
permitting
Authority
so
that
we
can
expand
our
services
to
the
university
and
the
state.
And
that
really
concludes
my
presentation,
short
and
sweet.
A
P
N
O
Thank
you
for
that
question
for
the
record
Eileen
zong
with
Starship
our
robots
cross
about
140
to
150
000
Crossings
every
day
autonomously,
so
because
of
the
ultrasonic
sensors
and
AI
Imaging
they're,
able
to
understand
where
the
crossings
are
understand
when
the
light
changes
and
understanding
when
Crossings
change,
so
that
the
robot
can
see
and
then
make
their
move
and
cross
the
street
safely.
Okay.
So.
Q
N
O
Absolutely
great
question:
Eileen
Zhang
again
with
a
Starship
for
the
record,
well
a
lot
of
how
our
operations
proceed
and
move
forward.
Is
we
ensure
that
our
robots
have
the
ability
to
stop
when
there
are
pedestrians
in
front
right?
So
they
have
the
ability
to
see
when
a
pedestrian
is
in
front
of
them
and
navigate
safely
out
of
the
way,
so
that
no
one
can
get
injured
and
they
are
moving
at
about
a
two
mile.
O
Two
mile
speed
around
pedestrians,
so
they're
moving
extremely
slow.
So
those
are
some
of
the
ways
that
our
robot
kind
of
detects
and
understands
where
humans
are
to
navigate
safely
out
of
their
way.
R
Thank
you
so
much
chair,
so
I
wanted
some
clarification
on
something
that
you
had
said
earlier
and
I
can't
remember
exactly
the
terminology
that
you
used,
but
it
was
something
like
Zone,
zero
or
Ground,
Zero
or
site
zero.
Does
anybody
else
remember
what
it
was
Vision
zero?
Yes,
what
does
that
mean?
Oh.
O
A
vision
zero,
so
the
Department
of
Transportation
wants
to
reach
Vision
zero,
which
means
Zero
fatalities,
so
removing
vehicles
from
the
road
in
order
to
achieve
Zero
fatalities
from
a
vehicular
movement.
R
A
A
Any
other
questions
from
members
of
the
committee
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
again
for
the
presentation,
members,
I,
hope,
I
and
members
of
the
public
I
hope.
You
found
this
interesting
to
see
the
many
different
ideas
and
applications
of
autonomous
and
remote
vehicle
technology
in
our
state,
everything
from
the
robot
level
operating
on
sidewalks
to
operating
on
roadways
from
delivery
services
to
ride
shares
and
even
to
vehicle
delivery
for
for
drivers.
A
A
I'm
sorry
I
guess:
I
I
we've
had
so
many
presentations,
I've
gotten
out
of
my
my
procedure,
so
I'm
going
to
open
the
hearing
on
assembly.
Bill
too,
you
can
proceed
whenever
you're
ready.
S
We
are
here
today
to
discuss
assembly
Bill
2,
which
is
the
result
of
the
city
of
sparks's
sole
bdr.
Current
law
allows
the
Nevada
Department
of
Transportation
and
its
contractors
to
use
non-flashing
blue
lights
on
their
vehicles
during
road
maintenance
and
similar
activities.
Ab2
would
add
local
governments
and
their
contractors
to
the
entities
that
are
authorized
to
use
non-flashing
blue
lights
on
their
road
maintenance
vehicles.
S
That
is
especially
important
for
much
of
the
work
that
local
government
maintenance,
crew
Crews
perform
on
our
streets.
For
example,
city
of
Sparks
maintenance
employees
are
responsible
for
maintaining
traffic
signals
at
113,
intersections
734
Lane
miles
of
roadways
and
10
578
storm
drain
catch
basins
which
are
located
in
city
streets,
so
that
our
roadways
are
clear
of
storm
water.
S
These
essential
maintenance
activities
require
City
vehicles
to
move
much
more
slowly
than
General
traffic
or
to
be
stopped
altogether.
Most
non-residential
streets
in
Sparks
have
speed
limits
of
35
miles
per
hour
and
some
have
speed
limits
up
to
55
miles
per
hour,
making
increased
visibility
extremely
important
at
those
higher
speeds.
S
As
an
example
of
how
much
time
city
employees
spend
maintaining
our
roadways
over
the
course
of
three
days
between
New
Year's,
Eve
and
January,
2nd
of
this
year,
city
of
Sparks
employees
spent
502
hours
in
in
snow
plows
and
drove
more
than
4
000
miles
in
snow
plows.
Just
over
the
course
of
those
three
days.
Snow
plows,
of
course,
travel
more
slowly
than
the
average
vehicle.
An
improved
visibility
for
these
vehicles
will
help
keep
both
our
city,
employees
and
the
traveling
public
safe.
S
A
U
Good
afternoon,
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
one
thing:
this
is
meant
for
local
government
state
government
and
quasi-government
operations,
meaning
that
people
under
contract
like
the
Freeway,
Patrol
and
stuff.
It's
is
I'm
assuming
because
I
read
it
completely.
It's
not
meant
for
road
construction
vehicles,
heavy
contractors,
heavy
Highway
contractors
and
and
the
like,
or
is
it.
S
Thank
you
for
that
question.
I
believe
the
language
is
probably
broad
enough
that
those
contractors
arguably
do
fit
in
that.
However,
the
you
know
these
are
non-flashing
static,
blue
lights,
on
vehicles
on
roadways,.
T
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
Michael
hillerby
with
the
city
of
Sparks
and
I,
clarify
assemblyman,
I,
appreciate
the
question
and
you
look
at
page
two
of
the
bill
and
section
one.
We,
the
new
language,
appears
in
section
g.
It
is
identical
other
than
the
change
from
ndot
to
local
governments
is
that
in
section
D,
this
is
limited
to
those
times
when
one
of
these
vehicles
is
performing
that
kind
of
work
or
assisting
a
traffic
incident
which
is
also
defined
in
that
bill.
T
So
it
would
not
be
for
normal
construction
activities,
a
contractor
driving
down
the
road
from
one
construction
site
to
another,
doing
private
work.
It
would
be
for
those
public
vehicles
or
someone
directly
under
contract
in
those
limited
sets
of
circumstances
for
which
Nevada
has
long
had
a
duty
to
for
the
public
for
drivers
to
either
slow
down
or
stop
for
those
traffic
incidents
in
those
Vehicles.
So
there
is
some.
There
are
some
limitations
there.
U
A
Thank
you
additional
questions
from
members
of
the
committee
seeing
none.
Thank
you
again
very
much
for
the
presentation
with
that
we'll
open
a
testimony
on
assembly
bill
number
two,
since
this
is
our
first
bill
Hearing
in
this
committee.
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
per
assembly
standing
rule
54
a
person
must
State
for
the
record
where
they,
whether
they
support,
oppose
or
neutral
on
a
measure
before
the
committee
support
consists
for
approval
of
the
measure
as
written
or
as
written
along
with
proposed
amendments
that
have
been
approved
by
the
sponsor
of
the
measure.
A
Opposition
consists
of
not
supporting
the
measure,
as
written
or
as
revised
by
an
amendment
that
has
not
been
approved
by
the
sponsor
of
the
measure
and
neutral
is
a
position
on
the
measure
in
which
a
person
offers
Insight
but
expresses
no
position
on
the
measure.
So
with
that
I
will
open
up
testimony
in
support
of
assembly.
Bill
number
two.
P
Afternoon,
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
committee,
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Cadence
matievich
and
I
have
the
privilege
of
representing
Washoe
County
as
their
government
Affairs
liaison
Washoe
County
comes
before
you
today
in
full
support
of
this
bill.
We
thank
the
city
of
Sparks
for
bringing
it
Forward.
Ms
McCormick
did
a
wonderful
job
of
articulating
the
needs
for
this
bill.
P
So
I
won't
repeat
those
I
will
let
you
know
that
the
Washington
County
Board
of
Commissioners
had
actually
identified
this
subject
to
be
one
of
Washoe
County's
bdrs,
but
we
learned
that
the
city
of
Sparks
had
brought
it
forward
and
we
didn't
feel
like
there
needed
to
be
one
more
bdr
on
your
list.
That
did
the
same
exact
thing,
so
we
didn't
submit
it,
but
we
wholeheartedly
support
it
and
ask
for
your
support
as
well.
Thank
you
thank.
A
V
W
X
A
A
A
815528-91419
and
press
pound
and
you'll
be
prompted
when
it
is
your
turn
to
speak.
You
can
always
find
information
on
how
to
participate
in
our
meetings
on
our
posted
agendas.
With
that
we'll
move
on
to
any
testimony
in
opposition
of
assembly
bill
2.,
seeing
none
in
Carson
City.
Do
we
have
anyone
who
wishes
to
provide
testimony
and
opposition
in
Las
Vegas
and
seeing
none
BPS?
Do
we
have
anybody
who
would
like
to
provide
testimony
in
opposition.
A
A
Thank
you
very
much
with
that.
Do
the
presenters
wish
to
make
any
closing
statements.
S
A
Thank
you
and
we
appreciate
you
bringing
us
what
was
hopefully
going
to
be
one
of
the
simpler
and
faster
bills
of
of
our
session.
Yeah,
we'll
put
it
out
there
we'll
see
if
that
holds
up
I
think
it
will,
with
that
I
will
close.
The
hearing
on
assembly
bill
number
two
and
open
the
hearing
on
assembly
Bill
56,
which
revises
Provisions
relating
to
the
operation
of
certain
Motor
Vehicles
on
certain
portions
of
a
highway
and
welcome
the
Department
of
Transportation
back
up
to
the
table.
Z
Good
afternoon
Mr,
chair
committee,
members
of
the
growth
and
infrastructure,
my
name
is
Rod
shelling
I.
Am
the
chief
traffic
operations
engineer
for
the
Nevada
Department
of
Transportation
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
the
sole
bdr
for
the
Nevada
Department
of
Transportation
as
well,
which
is
ab56
for
hard
shoulder
running.
Z
Z
What
we
did
is
we
looked
at
the
existing
laws.
We
reviewed
those
and
proposed
for
our
bdr.
Those
are
NRS
484b.210
when
overtaking
on
the
right
show
side
allowed
nrs44b.267
for
the
operation
of
a
vehicle
on
approach
of
an
authorized,
emergency,
vehicle
or
official
vehicle
of
a
regulatory
agency,
and
also
nrs44b.587
for
the
obedience
to
signs
and
restrictions
on
driving
on
controlled
access
highways.
Z
Some
of
the
issues
with
the
existing
laws
that
we've
found
within
484b.210
when
overtaken
on
the
right
side
allowed
it
limits
that
travel
to
no
more
than
200
feet.
In
that
section
of
a
pavement
not
marked
as
a
traffic
lane,
there
was
no
definitions
for
traffic
incident
management,
Vehicles,
tow
cars
or
public
transit
motor
bus.
Z
In
regard
to
these
rules
of
the
road
for
484
b.267
for
the
operation
of
the
vehicle
on
the
approach
of
the
authorized
emergency
vehicle
or
official
vehicle
of
regulatory
agency,
the
issue
we
found
there
was
the
yielding
on
the
shoulder
by
drivers
will
impede
that
movement
desired
on
the
shoulder
for
484b.587,
the
obedience
to
the
signs
and
restrictions
on
the
driving
on
controlled
access
facilities.
It
prohibits
anyone
from
driving
a
vehicle
on
a
controlled
access,
Highway
outside
of
a
marked
travel
lane
or
a
marked
entrance
or
exit
Lanes.
Z
Z
The
changes
and
purposes
for
these
changes
for
44b.210
was
to
amend
the
and
to
include
the
exception
of
overtaking
a
vehicle,
except,
as
provided
in
the
new
subsection
4.,
so
add
that
new
subsection
4
to
provide
for
the
vehicle
movement
movements,
exceptions
to
the
authorized
emergency
vehicles,
traffic
incident
management,
Vehicles,
tow
cars
or
the
public
transit
motor
bus
that
are
driven
on
the
paved
shoulder
were
lawfully
placed
signage,
allows
and
add
definitions
for
those
additional
Vehicles
listed
in
subsection
4.
for
44b.267.
Z
We
need
to
amend
to
reflect
that
a
law
enforcement
officer
can
direct
where
other
vehicles
move
to
the
yield
and
amend
to
include
that
driver
shall
not
drive
or
stop
on
the
shoulder
or
subsection
4
of
nrs44b.210
cites
those
Vehicles
can
travel
and
for
44b
don't
587.
We
need
to
amend
we're
required
to
refer
to
new
subsection
3
and
add
that
new
subsection
3
to
refer
to
the
new
subsection
4
of
nrs4
84b.210,
to
allow
those
vehicles
to
drive
on
a
paved
shoulder
or
lawfully
placed
signage
allows.
Z
If
this
amendment
has
gone
forward,
which
we've
already
submitted,
we
would
need
to
remove
references
to
curb
and
the
reason
being
on
a
controlled
access
facility.
You
will
not
seek
curb
features
in
a
controlled
access
facility,
also
remove
references
to
the
right
shoulder.
The
reason
is:
is
we
want
the
ability
to
have
either
the
inside
left
or
the
right
shoulder,
depending
on
the
demand
where
we're
going
to
be
using
these
facilities
and
also
include
the
Hazmat
and
the
definition
for
traffic
incidents
within
that
definition
of
traffic
incident
management?
Z
J
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question
great
question
again
for
the
record
Rod
showing
Chief
traffic
operations,
engineer
for
the
Nevada
state,
Department
of
Transportation,
absolutely
we'll
have
to
establish
policies
and
guidelines
too,
because
really
you
got
to
look
at
the
operation
and
management
of
those
facilities.
So
a
Pio
campaign
would
be
key
as
part
of
that.
C
Thank
you
for
your
presentation
just
for
my
edification,
because
you
said
a
whole
lot
and
I
read
it
and
I
think
I
understand
it.
But
can
you
just
give
paint
a
picture?
What
would
this
look
like
in?
In
actual
terms,
if
we
had
an
emergency
situation,
let's
say:
we've
got
traffic
backed
up
on
the
I-15
at
state
line
and
there's
an
emergency.
Can
you
walk
us
through
what
would
happen.
Z
Thank
you
for
that
question
again.
Rod
shelling
Chief
traffic
operations,
engineer
for
and
basically
what
we'd
have
to
do.
First,
though,
is
really
look
at
where
this
facility
would
be
most
useful
to
that
question
at
the
state
line
on
I-15-
probably
not
down
in
there
like
previously,
where
my
director
was
talking
about
where
Transit
is
kind
of
limited
to
the
urban
streets,
that's
where
we
would
focus
these
efforts,
so
it
would
probably
be
more
within
the
controlled
access
facilities
within
the
urban
footprint
say
in
Las
Vegas.
Z
Z
You
know
our
freeway
arterial
systems
at
the
fast
to
operate
and
manage
those
systems
on
a
24
7
basis
to
actively
look
at
those
make
sure
that
we
have
maintenance
activities,
whether
they're
with
our
freeways
service,
Patrol
or
you
know,
patrolling
those
roads
to
make
sure
that
those
activities
you
know
those
shoulders
are
clear
for
the
use
of
those,
so
I
hope
that
addresses
some
of
your
concerns
with
Emergency
Management.
We,
in
addition
to
that
I'd
like
to
follow
up
that
we
do
have
some
Incident
Management
plans.
C
Okay,
so
thank
you,
chair
for
the
follow-up.
So
let's
talk
about
there's
a
wreck
between
Spring
Mountain,
Road
and
Russell,
and
now
we
have
dropped
the
Canna.
So
Tropicana
is
closed.
We've
got
the
ambient
signs
that
are
being
monitored
by
RTC
Southern
Nevada.
Q
C
Z
Good
question
again:
ma'am
for
the
record
Rod
showing
Chief
traffic
operations
engineer
for
indot
again,
what
we'd
have
to
do
is
go
back
in
some
of
those
situations.
What
we
have
in
that
area.
We
have
a
concept
of
operations.
So
again,
what
we'd
have
to
do
is
modify
those
concept
of
operations
so
that
we
fully
understand
all
of
those
Lane
configurations
in
that
case
like
what
you're
talking
about
as
an
active
traffic
management
system.
So
we'd
have
to
incorporate
that
into
that
too.
Z
So
those
Dynamic
messy
signs
that
you're
talking
about
with
the
lane
controls
we'd
include
that
as
part
of
our
operations
and
update
our
con
Ops.
So
we
would
have
to
do
that.
So
we
do
that
currently
right
out
there
right
now.
So
when
we
actively
have
a
full
lane
closure
or
a
right
lane
closure
or
whatever
it
is
that
we'd
have
to
address
that
and
develop
that
operating
procedure,
so
that'd
be
a
work
in
process
too,
is
to
establish
all
of
those.
H
What
is
going
on
right
now,
when,
if
there's
an
emergency
that
comes
up,
it
seems
to
me
I
see
people
going
on
the
right
lane
or
or
going
around
Vehicles
emergency
vehicles
to
get
to
the
destination.
So
why
would
this
be
needed
when
currently
people
are
seem
to
be
making
it
work?
So
if
you
could
just
I
guess
kind
of
expand
on
on
my
colleagues
question
too,
what
is
going
on
now
that
we
need
to
change
this.
Z
Good
question
again:
Rod
showing
Chief
traffic
operations
engineer
for
indot.
Currently
there
is
nothing
that's
going
on
right
now
for
that,
so
we
just
have
our
Incident
Management
I.
Think
is
what
you're
talking
about,
so
the
laws
currently
do
not
allow
for
certain
instances
to
travel
on
that.
Shoulder.
That's
why
we're
asking
for
that
revisions
to
the
statutes
and
the
same
thing
with
Transit.
There
is
nothing
in
there
that
allows
for
Transit
on
those
facilities.
So
that's
why
we're
asking
to
include
this
in
there.
H
Z
Rachel
again
for
the
chief
traffic
operations
engineer
for
endot
in
instances
for
those
where
the
road
needs
to
be
utilized
correct,
but
the
law
currently
reads
that
you
cannot
travel
more
than
200
feet.
I,
don't
believe
that
DPS
is
going
to
go
out
there
and
enforce,
especially
when
you
have
certain
situations
where
you
need
the
lanes
to
open
up
as
quickly
and
safely
as
possibly
so
they
do
the
best
that
they
can.
You
know
within
the
prescription
of
the
law,
so
I.
H
Z
Needed
correct:
that's
why
I've
been
asked
this
honestly
for
several
years
again
sorry,
Rod,
Shilling,
Chief
traffic
operations,
engineer
for
the
record.
I
have
been
asked
this
through
DPS
for
several
years
to
see.
If
we
can
include
this
language
to
allow
them,
you
know
further
distance
than
the
200
feet
so
that
way,
you
know
it
will
be
included
in
the
statute.
AA
R
Thank
you
chair,
so
the
bill
as
it
is
written
would
take
effect
immediately
upon
passage
and
approval,
but
it
sounds
like
you
need
to
put
together
a
an
action
plan
for
how
to
implement
this.
Does
it
make
sense
for
us
to
have
this
be
approved
upon
passage
and
approval,
or
do
we
need
to
give
you
some
grace
period
to
establish
those
parameters
before
it
becomes
law
that
this
can
take
place?
R
I
I
understand
that
and,
as
my
colleagues
suggested
it's
happening
already,
but
for
the
implementation
of
people
not
pulling
over
to
the
right
side
of
the
road
during
emergency
vehicle.
Passing
that
I
think
those
kinds
of
things
create
a
dynamic
on
the
highways
that
are
maybe
not
safe.
Z
Good
question:
ma'am
Rod
showing
Chief
traffic
operations
engineer,
so
the
passage
is
really
the
first
step
that
will
give
us
the
ability
and
after
that
we
would
have
to
start
establishing
those
policies
and
guidelines.
That
would
be
one
of
the
next
steps
in
that
once
the
passage
is
approved.
R
Z
Good
question
again:
Rod
Schilling,
Chief
traffic
operations,
engineer
I
think
as
far
as
there's
probably
two
components
in
this
you
know
you
have
The
Incident
Management
component
and
then
you
have
the
transit
component.
I
think
the
transit
is
a
little
bit
more
Dynamic.
That's
where
we
really
got
to
look
at
the
guidelines
and
and
policies
to
include
those
The
Incident
Management
with
our
Department
of
Public
Safety
and
those
I
think
that
could
be
a
little
bit
more.
Like
a
public
Outreach
campaign.
A
All
right,
thank
you
with
that.
I
think
we
will
move
on
to
testimony.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation.
We'll
begin
with
testimony
in
support
of
assembly
bill
number
56.
I
I
Q
A
A
A
A
You
very
much
would
the
department
like
to
provide
any
closing
remarks.
Z
Again,
Rod
showing
Chief
traffic
operations,
engineer
Fernanda
I,
truly
appreciate
everybody's
time
and
consideration
for
this.
It
is
a
joint
venture
and
we
appreciate
this
consideration.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
and
with
that
I
will
close
the
hearing
on
assembly
Bill
56..
That
brings
us
to
the
last
item
on
our
agenda
for
today,
which
is
public
comment
again.
Anyone
wishing
to
provide
public
comment
I
should
please
State
and
spell
their
name
for
the
record.
We
will
be
limiting
comments
to
two
minutes
and
I've
already
provided
the
call-in
information.