Smart transit projects proposed for areas where they’d be adopted, not where they’d have most benefit, study shows
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LAWRENCE — As new technology shows promise for connected and autonomous vehicles, city planners have eyed such improved transportation to boost smart cities. These cities would use technology to improve infrastructure, boost efficiency, reduce pollution and address inequity. However, analysis from the University of Kansas shows that proposed plans for smart technology aren’t necessarily developed for areas that would benefit the most. […]
“Most of these proposals were tailored for areas that were most likely to adopt them and not necessarily for the areas that would draw the most benefit from them,” Lane said. “It suggests that if smart cities and technologies are going to be introduced piecemeal, there is a difference between where it first occurs and where it might do the most good. It also shows we need to think about questions of equity around these types of projects.” […]
