Smart cities call for smart buses
Any city that wants to be a smart city needs smart vehicles on the road. That means it needs smart buses. In the state of Colorado alone, an average of two school bus crashes take place every day. Meanwhile, in London, over the past five years, one person a day has been injured or killed by a bus. The number may not seem high to some, but with buses often being the largest and most recognizable vehicles on the street, bus fatalities are not taken lightly.
To reduce the number of people killed or injured on city roads, the Israeli technology firm Mobileye offers a new IoT system for cities engaging in the smart city race.
Elad Serfaty, VP and General Manager of the aftermarket division at Mobileye, says Mobileye’s vision is heavily focused on helping cities become smart cities “with a keen focus on eliminating preventable traffic fatalities."
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The tech firm is working alongside the U.S. Department of Transportation and Secretary Anthony Foxx, on the Smart City Challenge, an initiative to work towards this goal of delivering a safer city of the future.
Designed to protect both people and property, Mobileye’s collision avoidance technology is installed directly into vehicles as either OEM (original equipment manufacturer) additions or an aftermarket product.
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