CONTENTS VOLUME 39 ISSUE 11 11 SAE News 2 SAE recognized for its commitment to Pride 3 SAE voting members, exercise your voting privilege - election of 2023-24 Board of Directors TECH FOCUS: SmArT CiTiES 4 Smart Cities: The Gateway to Pedestrian Safety Smart cities might be the key in improving pedestrian and vulnerable road user safety through vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication. 8 SAE standards key in advancing urban air mobility 11 Smart Cities Will Never Happen... ...we should build them anyway. 14 Adding transit to the smart cities equation 16 SAE helps pave road for scooters and one-wheelers 16 Publications 18 New SAE report looks at grid energy buffering Professional Development 20 Managing cybersecurity risks 20 Figure 1. Attack vectors present in many modern vehicles Illustration by Joelynn Schroeder, NREL OEMs have included cybersecurity protection since the inception of software in vehicles. According to the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, none of the 6 million police-reporte crashes in 2016 was attributed to cyberattacks (King 2018). In fact, strong evidence show vehicle safety features like automatic emergency braking reduce the frequency and severi accidents (IIHS-HLDI 2018). However, vehicles are becoming more sophisticated and m connected, which creates different risks associated with safety and privacy. SAE Foundation 22 SAE Faculty Advisor Adds AWIM Fuel Cell Challenge for High School Women Advertising 23 Classified advertising 2 This report is available at no cost from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at www.nrel.g On the cover Visionaries working to build the city of the future. Telosa UPDATE November 2022 1