Profile

Richard Bishop specializes in the domain of intelligent, connected, and automated vehicles and how these interact with the roadway and transportation system, plus larger societal forces. He provides global trends analysis and research strategy development to a wide range of vehicle manufacturers, technology developers, and government agencies around the world. He currently supports USDOT's involvement in the Tri-Lateral Working Group on Road Vehicle Automation and also serves as chair of the American Trucking Association's Task Force on Automated Driving and Platooning. He authored a chapter on Automated Driving in the book, "Autonomous Technologies: Applications that Matter," jointly published in 2014 by SAE and AUVSI.
Prior to establishing Bishop Consulting in 1997, Mr. Bishop was Program Manager for Vehicle-Highway Automation at the USDOT Federal Highway Administration.