(2018) Autonomous Vehicles and the Built Environment: Exploring the Impacts on Different Urban Contexts. Riggs, W., Larco, N., Tierney, G., Ruhl, M., Karlin-Resnick, J. ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 4, 6 pages. In dg.o ’18 Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, May 30-June 1, 2018, Delft, Netherlands. Technology, Civic Engagement and Street Science: Hacking the Future of Participatory Street Design in the Era of Self-Driving Cars. Disruptive Transport: Driverless Cars, Transport Innovation and the Sustainable City of Tomorrow. City of Palo Alto, Planning and Transportation Commission, ongoing. Research Associate, San Jose State University, San Jose, ongoing. Strategy, Technical Direction and Communications, Select Bay Area Technology Companies, ongoing. Education Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2011 Master of Urban Planning, Economics and Spatial Analysis, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2003 Bachelor of Arts, History, Ball State University, 2001 Experience Principal and Director of Research, Sustinere, ongoing. Riggs currently sits on the City of Palo Alto’s Planning and Transportation Commission, is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation Economics, and provides strategy and consulting to multiple companies on smart mobility and urban development. He has been both a National Science Foundation Fellow and a UC Transportation Center Fellow and is the founder of - an online tool for democratizing street design. This includes work as director of research at Sustinere Consulting, the transportation program manager and principal planner for UC Berkeley, an asset manager and engineering technician for the US Coast Guard, and a planning commissioner for the City of San Luis Obispo. In addition to his academic roles, Riggs also has almost two decades of experience working as an urban planner, policy maker, economist, and engineer.

He has held additional academic appointments in city planning and transportation engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Berkeley, San Jose State University, and the University of Louisville. He is currently a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Management, director of strategy and research at Sustinere Consulting. He has over 100 publications in these areas and has had his work featured in multiple national media outlets - including the Economist, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and the Atlantic. William (Billy) Riggs, PhD, AICP, LEED AP is a global expert and thought leader in the areas of autonomy and smart transportation, housing, economics and urban development.

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