Thinking Aloud

In this bonus edition of Thinking Aloud from the 23rd ITS America Annual Meeting and Expo in Nashville, Tennessee, Paul Hutton talks to Bill Bronrott, deputy administrator of the US DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and catches up with FLIR, Econolite, LightGuard, McCain, Vaisala, QVision and Jim Barbaresso from the organising committee of North America's next turn to host the ITS World Congress, Detroit 2014.

Meanwhile Kevin Borras talks to Thinking Aloud sponsor Jupiter and with four of the main drivers in the Integrated Corridor Management project in both San Diego and Dallas.

Thinking Aloud is brought to you by Inrix, Traffax, Jupiter and Econolite and is available to download or listen to now, and remember it can also be found in the iTunes store. And don't forget to register for Thinking Highways, the ITS sector's most innovative magazine, at http://thinkinghighways.com/registration/. Be sure to join us next week for more Thinking Aloud.

This is the second programme from ITS America's annual meeting and expo from Nashville, Tennessee. Whether you're at the event or unable to make it and want to know what's going on, this is a must-listen show. It's brought to you by Traffax, Econolite, Jupiter Systems and Inrix. Today we hear from the US Department of Transportation, from TSS, Inrix, Streetline Parking and WTS, plus a winner of an ITSA award and from ITS America's CEO Scott Belcher. Send your feedback to [email protected].

Show 1 of Thinking Aloud Live from Nashville, the Thinking Highways

podcast, features some fascinating interviews with some of the leading

lights of the US ITS sector. Paul Hutton talks to ITS America CEO

Scott Belcher and Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Polly

Trottenberg, and catches up with industry veteran Bill Sowell of

Iteris. Meanwhile Kevin Borras chats to MG Squared's Shep Maners and

Donna Nelson from Thinking Aloud sponsors Traffax. Other sponsors of this podcast are Inrix, Econolite and Jupiter Systems.

It's the third and final special Thinking Aloud from the Traffex show at Birmingham's NEC in the UK. These podcasts are sponsored by AGD, Flir (formerly Traficon) and Swarco. Today Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras talk to MVIS, Jenoptik, Redflex and VMS plus hear about how Smart Highways magazine has been received and look ahead to the ITS Europe conference in Dublin in June. www.agd-systems.co.uk, www.traficon.com, www.swarco.com

Today Paul Hutton and Thinking Highways Editor Kevin Borras bring you more from the Traffex show at Birmingham's NEC in the UK.

These podcasts are sponsored by AGD, Flir (formerly Traficon) and Swarco.

Paul talks to ITS President and former British Transport Minister Steven Norris, Ian Hind from AGD and Kapsch UK's supremo Sharon Kindleysides.

Kevin chats to Richard Gibson of IDT and Helen Blood from Imtech and also looks ahead to Wednesday's seminar sessions.

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This Thinking Aloud comes from the Traffex show at the NEC near Birmingham, United Kingdom.

It's brought to you by AGD Systems, Flir ITS (formerly Traficon) and Swarco.

Paul Hutton brings you a flavour of the event and hear from organiser Bill Butler, RingGo's Harry Clarke and Sukhdev Bhogal from Flir ITS.

There's also a flavour of the documentary about enforcement which is featured on the Thinking Highways website to go with the new issue of Thinking Highways magazine, while Kevin Borras looks ahead to the launch of the new British-based magazine Smart Highways.

www.agd-systems.co.uk, www.traficon.com, www.swarco.com

This podcast comes from the United Arab Emirates as Paul investigates some of the issues around ITS in the Middle East. He talks to one of the region's leading radio personalities about traffic information, he finds out about road safety and also finds out more about Gulf Traffic 2013 in Dubai. For early-bird sponsorship rates for video at Gulf Traffic, contact [email protected].

This podcast is brought to you by Cubic Transportation Systems and RingGo.

In this edition, we head to Russia and the ExpoTraffic show and hear from Traficon Flir, TDC and MultiToll, learn about a brilliant new customer-facing innovation from Cubic, and Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras talks about the new editions of Thinking Highways both in the US and Europe/Rest of the World. And we discuss the future on-the-road versions of Thinking Aloud. To sponsor these podcasts contact [email protected]

These podcasts are brought to you by the mobile parking payment company RingGo, part of the worldwide Parkmobile group, and Cubic Transportation Systems who are innovating with new mobile ticketing solutions.

In the final podcast from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras conclude their look around the show, finding out how the latest innovations in this fast-moving industry could affect ITS.

In this podcast, we talk to General Motors about the Car Connectivity Consortium,we chat to Garmin about their latest technology,we find out what's in store for RingGo now they're part of the worldwide Parkmobile Group. We talk tolling in Ireland with Oxygen8, and Korean firm AdLatte tell you how to get your apps noticed when there are so many apps around.

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http://www.oxygen8.com/uk/

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These podcasts are brought to you by the mobile parking payment company RingGo, part of the worldwide Parkmobile group, and Cubic Transportation Systems who are innovating with new mobile ticketing solutions.

Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras look around the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to find new innovations which could have an effect on the ITS industry in years to come.

Today they hear about connected cities, how radio and mobile technology work together to manage traffic, about a mobile parking solution, a highly accurate way to monitor traffic using mobile phone signals and a new device which wirelessly recharges mobile devices.

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http://ringgo.co.uk/

http://cts.cubic.com/

http://www.ibm.com/

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http://www.wesmartpark.com/

http://www.cellint.com/

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