POLICYSMART

When Catherine McCullough, President and CEO of the Intelligent Car Coalition speaks...people listen. She has the background on all things new mobility. Autonomous? Connected! What's next? Find out in this discussion we got to have with her during INTERSECT18.

Big news for the workforce out of the INTERSECT18 conference last week with the announcement of a new intelligent transportation certification process. Aptly named Semaphore, this course is meant to address the workforce knowledge issues needed to advance new mobility including connected and autonomous vehicles and connected infrastructure.    Elaina Farnsworth, an internationally recognized expert specializing in re-skilling the future workforce, talks about how individuals, private and public entities can sign up and learn! Check out https://www.thenexted.com!

Seattle has made it official policy to provide equity in transportation as well as across other city services.  Naomi Doerner, Seattle DOT's Transportation Equity Program Manager, left the private sector to help lead the effort and she so doing amazing things many ideas which were fostered from her own personal background. 

Do you think your idea can make a difference? No matter how large? No matter how small?  Meet Myung J. Lee, the Executive Director of Cities of Service, a nonprofit that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing the way local government and citizens work together. How can transportation benefit? Join more than 250 cities from around the world in asking the questions!

What does the consumer think about all things autonomous? What is their advocate telling state and federal lawmakers and regulators? On this edition of POLICYSMART, we asked Jack Gillis, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of America to give us his insights. It is interesting conversation.  

Lyndsay Digneo is the aviation STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) manager for the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City.  An engineer and the daughter of educators, she entered the field of transportation to reach those in the next generation.  She is inspiring, creative and smart.  If you are in transportation or education, check out what she is doing in this episode of POLICYSMART.

For more information on free aviation curriculum programs, email the Aviation STEM mailbox at 9–[email protected].

This week, we're looking back to look forward. A few weeks ago, we had a conversation with Elaina Farnsworth—previously CEO of Mobile Comply, now CEO of NEXT Education—about the importance of workforce development and being prepared for the next generation of mobility.

GRIDSMART has teamed up with NEXT Education for a next generation and certification program, and we want you to hear what she had to say about why this is all so important.

Question for you: What does learning to drive a farm tractor as a young girl have to do with driving autonomous and connected vehicle public policy? Catherine McCullough, founder and CEO of the Intelligent Car Coalition brings it all home to her work in Washington, DC. In this edition of POLICYSMART, she talks to Regina about how data is at the center of moving forward in a connected and autonomous world.

Wanna hear from the leading state in new mobility? Wanna hear from an international player in day to day traffic management with a great story on how America goes to Egypt? Wanna hear about new technology on the road and a new autonomous spec car with no steering wheel from a leading American OEM? Then you gotta listen to this new episode of POLICYSMART.

We hear from TrafficWare's Jon Newhard, Michigan DOT's Kirk Steudle, and GM's Gary Smyth at ITS Detroit.

We're taking a slight detour this week from research and big dreams to what's on the roads right now and how current technologies for traffic management are dealing with the issues of today while preparing for the future.