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SCOTT REIF
The article
The Future of Advanced Transportation said
Improvements in road transportation technologies will transform the way
we relate to the world, unifying the global population and improving the
safety and efficiency of travel.
"Specifically, vehicles will have access to fast-moving information
channels, creating a variety of new vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to
infrastructure applications," says Scott Reif, author of the report.
"These advances, coupled primarily with innovations in computing power
and sensor technology, will herald the advent of intelligent
traffic-management systems, allowing for rapid improvements in safety,
energy efficiency, navigation, and rate of speed."
Anonymity and personal data security are bound to become issues of great
debate as communication devices continue to be integrated into vehicles
and transportation infrastructure. "The safety and security of commerce
and communication along mobile data channels will be some of the primary
metrics of success for many of these new technologies," Reif says,
adding
that the anonymity of vehicle transit data will be a significant factor
in determining the success of intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
among consumers.
Scott Reif is a futurist and contributing writer for
Social Technologies'
Technology
Foresight and Global Lifestyles multiclient projects. He also serves as
a project manager, administering and writing for custom client projects.
His domains of expertise include social foresight and
epistemological
futures, with a special focus on the emerging fields of complexity
studies and integral theory. Currently a graduate student in the MS
program for Studies of the Future at the University of Houston, he is in
the process of completing his thesis work on the study of behavior under
conditions of uncertainty.
As part of his training Scott has worked on a variety of analytical
projects, for patrons including the National Academy of Sciences, the
Houston Independent School District, and the journal
Foresight.
Scott earned a BA in philosophy from Washington College in Chestertown,
Maryland.
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