The confluence of increasing urbanization, global concern about climate and energy, and ever- tightening budgets to finance infrastructure development is driving the need for new models in transportation and traffic management. Although much media attention here in Silicon Valley is focused on Uber and Google’s self-driving cars and Elon Musks’ Hyper loop concept that are decades into the future, many smart transportation solutions have already been deployed today using Siemens technology – and they are done in partnership with the public sector. This talk will provide real life examples of smart traffic solutions - from adaptive signal technologies used in many US cities, the first Connected Vehicle test bed in Ann Arbor, Michigan and a large deployment in Tampa, Florida, dynamic tolling in Israel, a traffic management center that includes an integrated mobility platform and mobility monitor in Berlin, and low emission zone traffic enforcement in London.
Wendy Tao leads business development and strategy efforts in the Intelligent Transportation Systems group at Siemens Mobility. She works with partners and city and regional agencies on Siemens Smart City solutions, connected vehicle applications, active and adaptive traffic management and the emerging field of mobility as a service. She has spent the last 15 years working on transportation, energy and climate change issues in the Bay Area, nationally and internationally. While in Germany on a Robert Bosch fellowship in 2013, she joined Siemens to bring new insights and new technologies deployed in Europe and elsewhere to the US.
