The Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026 (B26-0684) was recently introduced and is scheduled for a public hearing Monday, July 13.
Are you motivated on this issue? We need your help to draft and submit testimony. Please email us directly at our gmail if you’re interested. We’re an all volunteer group and would love to bring in new voices and your experience.
Below are two events of interest:
DC Forum on Autonomous Vehicles
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 – 7:30pm, Virtual
Autonomous vehicles –- for-hire fleets and individually owned vehicles -– will change how we get around, in both foreseeable and unpredictable ways. Whatever form the changes take, it is clear that AV uptake will impact traffic safety, congestion, transit, curb space utilization, the environment, and jobs.
The DC Council is considering Bill 26-0684, the Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026, to address safety, liability, equity, and other concerns, by establishing commercial-operator permitting and operating parameters.
Register here for a Transportation Safety Allies online forum on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), an opportunity to learn about the bill and share your thoughts and concerns.
The forum will take place online, Tuesday evening, June 23, 7:30–8:30 pm. The host organizations and invited DC officials will provide AV context, introduce B26-0684, and present our perspectives, and then we’ll switch to listening. Please attend and share your thoughts.
Families for Safe Streets position paper release
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 – 12pm, Virtual
Families for Safe Streets National is proud to announce the public release of our landmark position paper:
“Safety First, Always: An FSS Framework for Autonomous Vehicles”
Join us for a live webinar on June 24th as we unveil our bold, principles-driven framework for how autonomous vehicles should be regulated, certified, and truly built to advance the public interest.
AVs are already here. The question is: how can communities ensure they make our roads dramatically safer — what regulations, expectations, and conditions are necessary to ensure that the mistakes of 20th century transportation safety policy aren’t made again?
In this webinar, you’ll learn about:
- The #AVGainGuardRule — our groundbreaking new unifying safety standard requiring AVs to be at least 10x safer than human drivers on average where they operate, and never worse in any single operating environment
- Why autonomous vehicle regulation must look like aviation safety — not the car industry’s history of self-certification and reactive recalls
- What it really means to protect pedestrians, cyclists, and children, and prioritize accessibility in an AV future
- How to build accountability into AV liability, data transparency, and staged deployment — before crashes happen
This is a defining moment for transportation and road safety. The decisions made today about AVs, robotaxis, and self-driving technology will shape public safety for decades. Families for Safe Streets is here to make sure those decisions put human life first.