90-854 Societal Consequences of Tech Change: Autonomous Vehicle Tech & City Planning
3 units, Carnegie Mellon University
This course will meet the weekend of February 3 and 4. This micro class is a deepdive into the impact of rapidly developing autonomous vehicle technology and the consequences for the way cities look and work. Students will be exposed to the research, development and deployment of vehicle technology happening right here at CMU. Theyll apply that understanding to developing scenarios of what the impact on the City of Pittsburgh may be, with particular emphasis on the major employment center of the region, i.e. the Citys Central Business District i.e. downtown. In addition to gaining an appreciation of the technology in developing future scenarios, students will have to explore the way urban space is used e.g. parking and may be reused how work changes with new technology and how transportation modal mix and residential location may change. Students will be expected to explore interventions that could change the direction of potential impacts of their various scenarios. As part of the experience, students will be challenged to apply the skills they are learning in their courses, and will experience facilitation techniques they are likely to find useful in their own careers whatever field they ultimately pursue. The majority of the grade for the based on participation including peer feedback and selfreflection and assignments completed during the two days. There will be some prework leading up to the twoday and then ten days afterwards to bring closure to the experience.
Prerequisites: none listed
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