Santa Monica City Council
December 13, 2022

1 PDD Safety Reporting Follow-Up
Incident Type
Incident
Count
Reports of Property
Damage Injuries
Vehicle/Bot
Collision 5 0 (1 ambiguous) 0
Other 2 0 0
Zero Emissions Delivery Zone: Lessons Learned and Next
Steps
Trevor Thomas | Sr. Transportation Planner | SaMoDOT, Mobility Division November 15, 2022
3 Introduction
• Background information &
definitions • Work done through the
Zero Emission Delivery
Zone (ZEDZ)
• Types of interventions • Goals of the ZEDZ
• Program findings • Staff Recommendations
Ze ro Em ission De live ry
Zone : Ba c kg round
Inform a tion • Creation of EV-only loading zones • Video-based data collection around these zones
• Testing delivery technologies with
program partners • Sidewalk delivery bots (PDDs) • Zero emission vehicles in the roadway • Electric cargo vans • E-cargo bikes and e
-scooters
• Electric box trucks
4 Goa ls of the Ze ro
Em ission De live ry Zone • Provide local benefits • Define sustainable delivery and curbside policy
• Demonstrate policy
approaches for other cities
and companies
Safety & Order
Environmental Sustainability
5 Le ssons Le a rne d
• Delivery operations displaced emissions.
• Unenforced EV-only loading zones don’t
provide huge incentive…but do have value
as signal.
• Santa Monica’s built environment is
conducive to green delivery…but more
could be done to facilitate delivery logistics.
• Sidewalk delivery bots are a net positive for
the community.
• Curb cameras provide useful and safe
data.
6 7
Staff Recommendations
Move Forward with Robotic Sidewalk Delivery
• Adopt permanent ordinance permitting and regulating
delivery bots
• Make permanent the ban on autonomous delivery bots
• Adopt emergency ordinance to continue moratorium
on autonomous delivery until ordinance takes hold
8 Staff Recommendations
Continue with Curbside Cameras
• Extend agreement with Automotus through
December 31, 2024
• Obtain valuable understanding of our curbs
• Maintain strong data protections currently in place
9 Staff Recommendation Recap
• Adopt PDD ordinance
• Adopt emergency ordinance
continuing moratorium on
autonomous PDDs
• Extend agreement with
Automotus