What smart city project? Toronto’s proposed sustainable community, Quayside project, a bid won by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet Company
What smart city transportation features would the project include?
- sensor-based traffic signals
- dynamic curbs
- underground delivery routes for trucks
- self-financing light rail transit
- heated pavement
- pneumatic waste collection
The laundry list of contract issues:
- Project is controversial from land acquisition to data privacy
- COVID-19’s toll on global economies and real estate markets
- The local development organization will continue with the project
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