The Consultant team will work with Metro staff to: • Update the information in the Emerging Technology Strategy on the usage, impacts, and potential growth of different emerging technologies in the Portland region based on the most recent data. • Identify the most pressing barriers that communities of color and other historically marginalized communities face to benefitting from emerging technology, as well as effective measures to overcome these barriers. • Identify specific geographies within the region where there are opportunities to deploy different strategies to use emerging technologies to improve transportation choices for everyone and achieve other regional goals. • Recommend projects, programs, and policies that Metro and its partner agencies can implement to realize these opportunities.