1月13日消息，据国外媒体报道，苹果对未来交通运输和无人驾驶汽车项目抱有远大野心的一个征兆就是，一名苹果高管加入了美国新成立的一个交通监管委员会。

美国交通部周四宣布，该部组建了一个新的自动化委员会（Automation Committee），主要负总责对自动化交通提出建议。苹果的环境、政策和社会项目副总裁，前奥巴马的政府官员丽莎·约翰逊（Lisa Jackson）也加入了该委员会。

当然，她并非唯一加入该委员会的科技巨头高管。该委员会共有25名成员，与约翰逊一起加入委员会的还有Alphabet（谷歌母公司）自动驾驶汽车项目Waymo的CEO John Krafcik，还有来自Uber、亚马逊、Zoox（神秘的无人车初创公司）、Lyft和Hyperloop One的高管。

该委员会将由通用公司CEO MaryBarra共同主持。

下周，新成立的委员会将召开第一次会议，将“立即着手自动化汽车的发展与部署上，并就交通部继续进行相关研究、实施相关政策及开展相关监管的必要性作出决定”。

随着科技的发展，自动化将在交通运输的各个领域充当重要的角色，如汽车、公交车、火车、飞机和UAS（无人机）系统。而该委员会在自动化带来的机遇和挑战中，扮演的角色至关重要。他们需要开放沟通渠道，以便利益相关者能够学习和收到最新的反馈。

去年12月份，苹果对国家公路交通安全管理局证实，公司正在研发无人驾驶汽车。目前，苹果无人驾驶汽车项目 “Project Titan”有约1000名员工，虽然苹果很有可能只是研发自动驾驶汽车软件，而并非自己造车。（露天）

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新自动化委员会25名成员名单

Co-Chair: Mary Barra- General Motors, Chairman and CEO

Co-Chair: Eric Garcetti- Mayor of Los Angeles, CA

Vice Chair: Dr. J. Chris Gerdes- Stanford University, Professor of Engineering

Gloria Boyland- FedEx, Corporate Vice President, Operations & Service Support

Robin Chase- Zipcar; Buzzcar; Veniam, Co-founder of Zipcar and Veniam

Douglas Chey- Hyperloop One, Senior Vice President of Systems Development

Henry Claypool- Community Living Policy Center, Policy Director

Mick Cornett- Mayor of Oklahoma City, OK

Mary “Missy” Cummings- Duke University, Director, Humans and Autonomy Lab, Pratt School of Engineering

Dean Garfield- Information Technology Industry Council, President and CEO

Mary Gustanski- Delphi Automotive, Vice President of Engineering & Program Management

Debbie Hersman- National Safety Council, President and CEO

Rachel Holt- Uber, Regional General Manager, United States and Canada

Lisa Jackson- Apple, Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives

Tim Kentley-Klay- Zoox, Co-founder and CEO

John Krafcik- Waymo, CEO

Gerry Murphy- Amazon, Senior Corporate Counsel, Aviation

Robert Reich- University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy

Keller Rinaudo- Zipline International, CEO

Chris Spear- American Trucking Association (ATA), President and CEO

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger- Safety Reliability Methods, Inc., Founder and CEO

Bryant Walker Smith- University of South Carolina, Assistant Professor, School of Law and (by courtesy) School of Engineering

Jack Weekes- State Farm Insurance, Operations Vice President, Innovation Team

Ed Wytkind- President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

John Zimmer- Lyft, Co-founder and President