Abstract:

To help cities accelerate emissions reduction and address pressing climate risks, the Shared, Electric and Automated Mobility (SEAM) Governance Framework outlines a four-step process that can be adjusted to local contexts. This White Paper aims to illuminate best practices in the development of SEAM governance. The SEAM Governance Framework will serve as a reference when creating a tailored framework for each pilot city and will comprise long‑and short‑term action. First, it will create a long term SEAM vision (or revisit the existing one) as well as work principles for delivering on that vision. Second, the selected local governance instruments will be packaged, and evaluation tools will be tailored in a manner best suited for the pilot city’s local context in the short term. The SEAM Governance Framework Prototype authors and contributors anticipate an iteration of its tailoring to local cities will be useful in identifying and possibly addressing some barriers to commercializing SEAM. Lessons from pilot processes can be useful in accelerating and scaling SEAM development elsewhere.