Smart thinking from ITS America

ITS America’s Leadership Circle, now with 34 members strong, has staged its second Thought Leadership Forum. The two-day forum focused on innovation and the evolving role of the transportation technology ecosystem, as well as the development of a new problem-solving business model to accelerate investment in ITS technologies. The forum included sessions on creative destruction, disruptive technologies, urban mobility, industry trends, connected vehicles and infrastructure, big data challenges and emergi
November 29, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
560 ITS America’s Leadership Circle, now with 34 members strong, has staged its second Thought Leadership Forum. The two-day forum focused on innovation and the evolving role of the transportation technology ecosystem, as well as the development of a new problem-solving business model to accelerate investment in ITS technologies.

The forum included sessions on creative destruction, disruptive technologies, urban mobility, industry trends, connected vehicles and infrastructure, big data challenges and emerging freight network needs. Beyond Circle members, the event attracted 20 industry leaders and guest contributors.

Findings from the forum will be released later in the year. Elsewhere, ITS America has published a report examining the merits and limits of active sensing technologies including radar, LIDAR and ultrasonic detectors. The report also looks at how the market for these technologies is evolving - both highway infrastructure and in-vehicles.

According to chief author Steven Bayless, one of the early ‘wins’ will most likely be the adoption of ‘forward crash prevention’ systems. “As we move toward more connected vehicle technologies, forward crash warnings provide an early application that can reduce the more than 900,000 rear-end collisions that occur on America’s roads each year,” he said.

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