The University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Center for Applied Research has Velodyne Ultra Puck lidar sensors with traffic signals to detect, count and track pedestrians, cyclists and traffic.
Velodyne Lidar is working with the University of Nevada, Reno to advance research in transportation infrastructure. The Nevada Center for Applied Research purchased and, in conjunction with the Nevada DOT and Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development, is using Velodyne’s lidar sensors in its Intelligent Mobility initiative to collect data aimed at making transportation more efficient and safe.
The program has integrated Velodyne Ultra Puck lidar sensors with traffic signals to detect, count and track pedestrians, cyclists and traffic to help improve traffic analytics, congestion management and pedestrian safety.
One reason the lidar sensors have been placed at crossing signs and intersections is because lidar used today does not allow for facial recognition. In theory smart by anonymous city applications can preserve trust among the public. However, the US is far from even thinking about privacy, let alone articulating a policy about private data use as evidenced by Google and Twitter and Facebook among many other rich and powerful corporations that own politicians.
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Covid: Census Says Construction Better Off, More Optimistic Than Other Small Businesses
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The U.S. Census Bureau in mid-May 2020 started a new weekly survey “to take the pulse” of how America’s small businesses were doing amid the corona virus pandemic. During a nine-week period when the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS) was in the field more than 215,000 businesses across the country replied.
“These companies of one to 499 employees provided important new insights into the effects of the pandemic,” said Jane A. Callen of the Census Bureau. It doesn’t appear to have anything to do with the Trump Administration’s voter suppression efforts that us Federal Agencies such as Census to subvert our democracy. Continue reading →