AN INNOVATIVE SUCCESS
Milo served different types of events in order to achieve the City ’ s goal of raising public awareness of autonomous vehicle technology . Rides were always free of charge !
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78 Events at AT & T Stadium and Globe Life Park were served , including football games , baseball games , and concerts .
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17 Public Demos were held , where interested citizens could sign up on the City ’ s website for a time to ride Milo .
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18 Special Interest Groups were given rides and tours of Milo , including school groups , local engineering groups , and companies interested in using AV technology on their campuses .
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3 Community events where Milo was static for people to view and ask questions .
15 %
113 Events Served by Milo
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Stadium Event Public Demo Group Tour
PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE : Milo ridership surveys illustrate the excitement and acceptance of driverless technology in Arlington . 99 % of riders surveyed enjoyed riding Milo and felt safe riding Milo . 97 % of riders surveyed support AV technology more broadly . Riders provided comments about Milo , including :
► ► “ Great ! Innovative ! Fun !”
► ► “ Very smooth ride . Changed mind about operator-less vehicles . Thank you !”
► ► “ Hope Arlington continues it and expands .”
PROGRAM COSTS : The lease with EasyMile for two vehicles for one year cost a total of $ 265,213 , including vehicle set up , route programming , and operator training . The program was funded through the City ’ s Convention and Event Services account using tourism based revenues .
LESSONS LEARNED : Key lessons from this early deployment include some challenges , particularly the constraints posed by the deployment environment , some opportunities , such as the robust nature of the safety systems onboard , and the great potential of the technology . AV technology is improving rapidly , and the City of Arlington is excited to be part of the testing , process improvement , and path toward wider adoption .