The era of intelligent infrastructure
Urbanization is putting unprecedented pressure on our resources and infrastructure, city and urban planners are relying on technological innovations to solve the challenges relating to designing
and supporting their smart cities and towns, while at the same time exploring and leveraging renewable energy sources to reduce their carbon footprint.
Today, 95% of data is non-analyzed and 80% of this non-analyzed data relates to images and videos. Analyzing this complex and voluminous data in real-time can be extremely time consuming and lengthy. However, we have seen how cities and transportation authorities like Sydney Trains have adopted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to process video automatically to detect if people trespass into tunnels or onto rail tracks, which in turn causes significant disruptions to passenger journeys and the smooth running of transport services.
The same approach can be used to automatically monitor traffic and detect congestion and incidents, even down to which types of vehicles are entering a city or town. All of this provides valuable insight for the various local and government agencies and departments responsible for developing cohesive smart city strategies as well as private sector businesses.
Fundamental to the success of a smart city initiative – once the vision and long-term strategic plans have been agreed – is the ability to capture, correlate, interpret and manage the vast amounts of information that will be generated from real-time IoT sensors and information and communications technologies (‘ICT’) associated with both private business and government agencies, who are, ultimately, responsible for planning, implementing, maintaining and improving public services.
Without a strong relationship between government, local and state and the private sector, the success of smart city initiatives is likely to be uncertain.
Without a strong relationship between government, local and state and the private sector, the success of smart city initiatives is likely to be uncertain.
Why did Sydney Trains choose Atos Computer Vision Platform to guarantee security in 13 stations
Watch the testimonial of Sydney Trains Chief Security Officer on the implementation of computer vision at Sydney Trains.
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