CMU Welcomes Senator Langerholc

Carnegie Mellon University and Traffic21 welcomed Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. to Mill 19 on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 to unveil SB 965, legislation that would permit AV companies to test vehicles meeting autonomy levels 3, 4 or 5 of SAE International's J3016 parameters for automated driving systems.

Also in attendance at the press conference were CMU President Farnam Jahanian, PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian, Senator Jay Costa, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, and many others. 

"Today we send a message, we send a message to the nation and to the world that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be a leader in this emerging, billion-dollar industry and that our commonwealth is open for business," Langerholc said. "My bill, Senate Bill 965, is the vehicle, and today we unveil a product that's a collaborative, bipartisan effort that will yield massive dividends for our state. This product takes away the burdensome regulation, provides uniformity and clarity that Pennsylvania will be the epicenter of this industry and will foster in a new era of productivity and excitement where science, technology and government merge into something the likes of which has never been seen."

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