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Transport committee As I mentioned earlier, we have predicted that with full deployment we can save 80% of collisions and deaths, but not 100%. The technology is not perfectly safe. It never will be—I'm an engineer—but what I feel is that if we delay the deployment of AVs too much, we will delay the
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee That's a good question. In terms of resistance, I have two thoughts. First of all is infrastructure. David made the right comment that there are two different kinds of infrastructure. Physical infrastructure is one, and the first commandment over AVs, to my way of thinking, is
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee I'll make two quick points, as I'm conscious of the time, Madam Chair. One is that I did not suggest, with respect, that we make the cars less safe. What GM is asking for in the U.S., which I support, is making both front seats with the same level of safety, the same number of a
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee My testimony to the Senate committee pointed out a metaphor. I think the Canadian federal government is doing a wonderful job on the innovation and research and development file. ISED is doing a wonderful job. That, to me, says the federal government has its foot on the gas pedal
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee Indeed, yes. Thank you for the question. First of all, I agree with my colleague here. The big issue for government is that there are three different sectors of the issue, which makes it more complicated. There's the technology, the innovation and research and development. That
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee I'll talk first, if I may. One of the things I've been saying for about three years is it's very important that any application for funding for new infrastructure, for transportation or transit, include an evaluation of the impact of autonomous vehicles. Anthony Foxx, who was t
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee It's a very good question, and I agree with my colleague David Ticoll here. As I said in my testimony, the place to start—and we're both agreed—is the Canadian AV institute. As David said, there's a long list of other things that government should be doing, and for that I refer
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, and thank you all for the opportunity to testify. I am going to be frank and honest in my comments this afternoon, but I will be polite. In June 2014 the federal government asked the Honourable David Emerson to review the Canada Transpor
March 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee Will do.
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee One of the most honest conversations I had a while back was with one of the municipalities in the GTA. They acknowledged that they had trouble getting their arms around the whole issue of self-driving cars and the impact on their cities. It's huge. It's multi-faceted. One of the
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee Thank you. Again, that's an excellent question. Small towns will find a real benefit in intelligent mobility. A friend of mine has a mother who lives in Arnprior. As many of you know, it is a small town, 100 kilometres to 150 kilometres from here. There's no bus service. My frie
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee Can I start? In January I submitted to the Government of Ontario a white paper specifically on the creation of four AV innovation centres. I'm waiting for some official feedback on that. I know the Ontario government is very keen on that. Premier Wynne has said she wants that t
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee That's a great question. The answer is obviously, yes. What form that should take, I'm not quite sure, but you've mentioned some options there. I would also add in parallel with that it needs to have an outreach program. We, in CAVCOE, and a partner of ours in Paris have just re
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee When you asked the question, my mind went back to that very famous quote from Henry Ford that if you had asked people what they wanted in those days, they would have said “faster horses”. When I talk to people today—and I do a lot of speaking—there are three different responses.
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk
Transport committee That's an excellent question, and I agree with you. Looking 10 to 15 years ahead, I see, potentially, the end of infrastructure. There's a lot of work going on with the old Jetsons vision of a driverless car. In Europe, Airbus has spoken about its program to develop a pilotless d
February 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Barrie Kirk