The world's most innovative district will include less of Google.
for a "smart" district in Toronto, Canada, and it shows the Google sister company is reigning back some of its involvement in many ways, amid local pushback.
"We heard that they don't want us to be the developer of the entire waterfront," CEO Dan Doctoroff said in a briefing, referring to Toronto citizens and community groups. "They want us to do the minimum necessary to create the impact that everyone agrees is their hope and dream for this waterfront so we completely reoriented our role in a way we think does that."
Smart traffic signals that can adapt to the pace of slower pedestrians. They would also communicate with connected or self-driving vehicles to slow or quicken the pace of traffic. Moveable street furniture will allow for convertible streets to accommodate pedestrians and pop up shops.It promises at least 1,700 affordable housing units.
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