Rob Fischer is the Interim Executive Director of the Megaregion Autonomous Vehicle Research Coalition (MAVRC) and an Associate Editor of the SAE International Journal of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. Rob is also President of GTiMA and a Technology and Policy Advisor to Mandli Communications. Both GTiMA and Mandli work with national, international and regional authorities to advance smart city standards, policies, and best practices - especially as they relate to the future of mobility. Rob holds a master's in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a master's in software engineering from Cal State Fullerton.
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Rob Fischer is president of GTiMA and a technology and policy advisor to Mandli Communications. Both GTiMA and Mandli Communications work with national, international and regional authorities to advance smart city standards, policies, and best practices.
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Maybe, just maybe, Trump might also be willing to consider the decaying condition of U.S. infrastructure a matter of national security. And if Congress played along, perhaps we'd get a 2019 Infrastructure bill. That's how Eisenhower did it.
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As cities swell and car use soars, U.S. cities should take note of some bold, even radical, emissions-reducing policies being deployed around Europe.
When it comes to planning for transformative technologies like autonomous vehicles, urban planners – whose job it is to project and prioritize transportation investments – have fallen behind and the consequences could be severe.
Wisconsin Autonomous Vehicle Proving Ground