SAE NEwS TECH FOCUS: SmArT CiTiES Engineers work to give concrete meaning to the somewhat vague term. " We need to look at how 'smart city' as a concept evolved, how the definition evolved, and how the term creates and promotes poor strategy and execution in real life. " -David Witkowski iN THiS SECTiON 4 Smart Cities: the gateway to pedestrian safety ABOUT THE AUTHOr Ozgenur Kavas-Torris, Ph.D., who 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 4 November 2022 UPDATE holds the position of research and Advanced Engineering Software Engineer at Ford motor Co., wrote this article for Update. The threeyear SAE member served as organizer and chair of two SAE WCX 2022 sessions on the topic of " Smart Transportation and infrastructure. " Shutterstock