‘Smart city’ leaders urged to weigh innovation against privacy risks
A report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation urges city leaders to consider how citizen data is handled.
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Counting cars was once a job in Raleigh — now an AI does it
Officials at the North Carolina capital replaced a slow, manual process of evaluating traffic congestion with cameras powered by machine learning.
Four cities to pilot traffic-data platform to improve roadway congestion, safety
Roadway sensor data will fuel software pilots in Austin, Texas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Walnut Creek, California; and Westminster, Colorado, after the cities won a competition earlier this…
Portland, Oregon, installs 200 traffic sensors as it aims to fill up ‘data lake’
The additional technology arrives as city council prepares to vote on the Smart Cities PDX initiative.
‘Hopper’ tool could help cities prevent traffic fatalities with data
It's a web application that analyzes road conditions and predicts where traffic collisions are most likely to occur.
How Los Angeles is using big data to improve traffic
New analytics tools are helping workers spot bottlenecks and relieve roadway congestion.
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New map-based coordination app is helping Seattle cut costs on transportation projects
Within the past two months, the city's transportation department says it has already saved nearly 00,000 on construction thanks to the new technology.
Volunteers train AI to spot dangerous intersections in D.C.
The District's government has recruited the public to comb through its traffic video archives and fuel a Microsoft platform it hopes will prevent needless roadway deaths.
OpenDataSoft, Waze partnership promises quicker commutes and better transit planning
A new private sector data sharing agreement will deliver real-time data to drivers and city planners.