Podcast appearances and mentions of scott belcher

This week on Highways Voices, we talk about real world here-and-now driverless solutions.We're joined by the former President and CEO of ITS America, Scott Belcher who is now Executive Director of ACES Mobility, a group looking to boost last mile Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared journeys with a new American initiative.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!"Our coalition is laser focused - we're focused on one use case, and that one use case is first and last mile shared use mobility," he explains. "The challenge that we have in the United States is that regulators want to look at autonomous transportation holistically as if it's all the same. And when you look at first and last mile shared use mobility, you're talking about a very unique use case and a very defined solution."Scott explains some of the examples of where public ACES solutions are now in regular operation rather than simply trials or demonstrators."We're now seeing that the deployments are being placed in places where people actually use them," he explains. "There's a lot that goes into the public outreach. There's a lot that goes into the outreach to first responders. There's a lot that goes into safety information. And there's a lot that goes into making sure that the routes are actually needed and can be used."You'll also hear how people elsewhere in the world can get involved and learn from what the project is doing.On top of this, we have our partner news, some headlines from the Highways News website and who wins the last Adrian's Accolade of 2023.

Cyber attacks present a real threat to highway and transport operations, unless very strict security measures are in place, hears this week's Highways Voices. This was according to transport consultant, Scott Belcher, who spoke to Highways News about the importance of cyber security to the sector. Mr Belcher has completed a study, Transit Industry Cyber Preparedness study describes how a huge flaw in security at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system meant that 'intentionally planted spyware' had been planted by 'foreign nation hostile to American interests' into hardware switches on its network which could have had 'swift and severe' consequences. In his research, Belcher – a former President of ITS America – discovered that two-fifths of transit agencies had no cyber security policy at all, and only just over a third had revised theirs within a year. Less than 40% of agencies even have standard clauses in their vendor contracts related to cybersecurity. Other worrying examples of cyber failings include hackers attacking the transit system in California's Capital in a ransomware attack, and attacking a lorry and school bus taking control of the vehicles' operations. He said: "The ability to impact transport operations is one of the many things that could be put at risk. Having the means totrack and trace the transport operations of a city or region and impact those means there's a lot of things that could go wrong, and horribly wrong. Adding to that, he said: "Because we now all work from home. We all now work from coffee shops, we all know work from anywhere we can. Quite often we've done that without really understanding or appreciating the cybersecurity ramifications of that. And because the pandemic happened so quickly. And because we are so cybersecurity unsophisticated, we have not done the proper training and put in the proper protocols to protect our networks. And that's really kind of the big takeaways from all of this is it cyber security protections are not necessarily there's an OT a hardware component, protecting your network, making sure you have the malware the security protocols in place, but there is a human element and responsibility as well." Also find out why the City of Leicester wins this week's "Adrian's Accolade". Listen below - subscribe free to get the podcast automatically uploaded to your chosen podcast platform https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/listen (here).

This latest edition of our SMART Highways podcast focusses on the latest issue of the magazine, covering smart motorways, other safety features in car and traffic management. Our cover feature in this issue is all about the topical issue in Britain at the moment – the safety of smart motorways. Given the technology is being copied, or being considered, around the world as a lower-cost way of delivering more capacity, it’s a key issue everywhere. SMART Highways reporter Emma Greedy spoke to key people about the concept, the problems and possible solutions and explained some of her findings to Talking Transport presenter Paul Hutton, the editor of SMART Highways magazine. In the podcast we also hear from two SMART Highways columnists who stick with the Safety First? message of the cover of the latest issue. Andy Graham talks eCall while Scott Belcher discusses photo enforcement. Traffic management is also key in the latest issue with a range of articles from using the nudge theory to make a difference managing traffic better using data. There is also a long but excellent article about the use of automated solutions within urban traffic management and control. The article is about solutions in Northeast England using Mott MacDonald software called Osprey, so we hear from Ken Cowan from Mott MacDonald about it. Emma Greedy discusses smart motorways 1m07s Andy Graham talks eCall 7m46s Scott Belcher on camera enforcement 10m55s Ken Cowan on automated UTMC 16m00s Listen out for lots more audio from Singapore in the next few weeks as well, and there will also be a special podcast from Gulf Traffic in Dubai before the end of the year.

The final SWARCO-sponsored Talking Transport from Traffex and Parkex 2019 is looking to the future. We talk about Futures Day where the next generation are welcomed to see the event and find out more about career options in the highways and transport technology industry and we also discuss the big driverless car debate which takes place in the Traffex Theatre at 10am on Thursday. Elsewhere, SWARCO talk about fusing transport solutions while event partners WSP discuss future mobility, and we also have another chat on the Future Mobility zone, this time with Costain. Our American guest Scott Belcher, the former ITS America President who's now a phenomenally well-connected consultant gives his view of the event and British transport solutions and we talk to Conduent about their parking solutions. Exhibitors the Traffic Group, Dynniq and Navtech Radar guide us around their thinking and we also go to the Data Discovery Centre and begin thinking about Traffex 2021 with the event's Commercial Director Craig Donovan. It's well worth just over half an hour of your time to listen!

The communications and technology sectors have seen an explosion of growth and innovation over the last decade, and yet the primary body of law governing these areas, The Communications Act, has not been updated since the days of dial-up internet. In 2013, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (Mich.) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (Oreg.) announced that they would commence efforts to “update the law to better meet the dynamic needs of the 21st century.” In January, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (S. Dak.) announced similar plans. -- Our panel will discuss recent efforts to update the Communications Act for the modern internet age. What should a new framework look like? With the convergence of technologies, should the current platform-specific regulation be replaced with a more flexible, service-based regulatory scheme? Should special considerations still apply in certain services? How could such regulations impact developing business models and evolving technologies? Should the scope of the FCC’s jurisdiction remain the same? These and other issues will be explored. -- This panel was presented on June 18, 2015, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC during the Third Annual Executive Branch Review Conference. -- Featuring: Mr. Jonathan Adelstein, President & CEO, PCIA - The Wireless Infrastructure Association; Ms. Kelly Cole, National Association of Broadcasters; Ms. Grace Koh, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce; and Mr. David B. Quinalty, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Moderator: Mr. Scott Belcher, Telecommunications Industry Association.

After serving as president and CEO of ITS America for the past seven years, Scott Belcher is moving to the Telecommunications Industry Association. Transportation Radio spoke with him at the ITS New Jersey annual meeting.

The ITS World Congress will be held in Detroit September 7 through 11. Scott Belcher, the President and CEO of ITS America, talked with Transportation Radio about the conference.

In this programme we hear from the head of ITS America, Scott Belcher, about the industry in California in particular and America as a whole. We also talk to the organiser of the event, the CEO of one of California's biggest ITS companies, Iteris, and one of the exhibitors and speakers at the event. These programmes are brought to you by Qvision Technology and Cubic Transportation Systems - click on their logos to the right to get more information. There's a final show from ITS California tomorrow.

Intelligent transportation systems, which range from synchronizing traffic signals to adaptive cruise control, have been on the rise around the world for the past several years. How they affect you depends on where you live and how you move between your destinations. For more on the technology behind today's, and tomorrow's, transportation systems, I spoke with Scott Belcher, President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America at the 7th Annual Texas Transportation Forum. Join Mr. Belcher at the 8th Annual Transportation Forum on Feb. 17-19 in Austin, TX. For more information., visit http://www.txdot.gov/ttf/. This episode originally posted in February 2012.

From the 2012 Texas Transportation Forum: Intelligent transportation systems, which range from synchronizing traffic signals to adaptive cruise control, have been on the rise around the world for the past several years. How they affect you depends on where you live and how you move between your destinations. For more on the technology behind today's - and tomorrow's - transportation systems, I spoke with Scott Belcher, President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. For more information on the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, log on to their website, www.itsa.org. Note:This episode originally posted in February 2012.

Intelligent transportation systems, which range from synchronizing traffic signals to adaptive cruise control, have been on the rise around the world for the past several years. How they affect you depends on where you live and how you move between your destinations.For more on the technology behind today's – and tomorrow's – transportation systems, I spoke with Scott Belcher, President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America at the 7th Annual Texas Transportation Forum.