Thinking Highways Articles
OWNERSHIP MATTERS

Frequent assertions that car owners will easily abandon ownership and become robo-vehicle ride-buyers are largely wishful and without sufficient evidence, according to Bern Grush and Blair Schlecter. How much travelers...

THE VIEW FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY

Scott Belcher shares his thoughts about the current state of transportation technology Having managed ITS America for seven years, the Telecommunications Industry Association for another two, and consulted for cloud...

IT’S TIME WE HAD ‘THE TALK’

Pete Spiller, Jarrod Cady and Kevin Borras announce Thinking Highways’ exciting media partnership with the most innovative transportation event of 2017   “It’s time we had the talk.” Did hearing...

CHAIN OF COMMAND

Dr Klaus Schmitz and Wolf-Dieter Hoppe provide a manufacturers’ guide to predicting and preparing for the future of mobility Just a scan of the daily news headlines reveals there is...

LEGISLATE TO ACCUMULATE

Stuart Young reports as the House of Lords looks to accelerate driverless opportunities for the UK A report by The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has warned that...

COME TOGETHER: How to open new ITS frontiers through synergies

Many ITS markets have to contend with budget shrinkages. This shrinkage is compounded as continuing rapid urbanisation puts pressure on public sector funding. Budgets are often prioritized for social services...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION: Connected vehicles in urban areas

Mark Cartwright presents the key points of the CIMEC project Roadmap for Cooperative-Intelligent Transport Systems It’s 2019, and you’ve just collected your new car. The online brochure has promised you...

ORBITAL MECHANICS

To realize the promise and potential of the Connected Car, automakers need to embrace satellite technology, insists Greg Ewert   There are millions of connected cars already on today’s roads...

CYCLE OF CHANGE

Sjors van Duren is Policy Advisor for the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands and Programme Director of Velo-city 2017, the major cycling conference that takes place from 13-16th of...

ODENSIFICATION: how to grow your city organically

Thinking Cities’ Pasquale Cancellara talks to Steen Møller, Deputy Mayor for Employment and Social Services Department for the City of Odense, Denmark Odense is a well-known, middle-sized city in Denmark...

THE SOUND OF PROGRESS

Visually impaired travellers in Kaunas are now finding it far easier to navigate their way around Lithuania’s second city with the help of an innovative audible bus information app, as...

OK COMMUTER

Positive Drive is a gamified tracking and tracing campaign to uncover the mobility behaviour of employees in the Luxembourgish Cloche d’Or business area. Dr Martin Kracheel and Patrick van Egmond...