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Toronto to deploy AI-powered video enforcement on streetcars

Toronto to deploy AI-powered video enforcement on streetcars

AI and Machine Learning10 Feb 2025

Artificial intelligence-assisted video analytics and automated ticketing solution to be deployed for the third largest public transit system in North America.

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Toronto partners to pilot urban mobility technology

Road travel28 May 2024

The Canadian city and the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network will provide enterprises with up to $100,000 in funding to test traffic management technologies.

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What modes of transport can get Canada moving?

News25 Mar 2024

Report highlights non-traditional transportation systems like aerial transit and autonomous shuttles that can play a critical role in providing transit options.

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A study on attitudes to transport and smart mobility in eight global cities reveals three in four people prefer better-connected public transport over driving.

Toronto street pilot data reveals increase in active travel

Toronto street pilot data reveals increase in active travel

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Data has been collected from the ActiveTO Midtown Complete Street pilot, which was launched in April 2021 as part of the City’s pandemic mobility recovery strategy.

Toronto to produce renewable natural gas from green bin waste

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London to provide connectivity across the Underground network by 2024

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