Sidewalk Labs is working on a proposal to bring a large, sensor-driven “smart city” to Toronto’s waterfront — and the world is watching. Alphabet, the parent company of Google and Sidewalk Labs is based in Mountain View Calif., northwest of San Jose. Sidewalk Labs, an “urban innovation” firm based in Manhattan, was formed later that year and is working with Waterfront Toronto to build a tech-driven smart city on Toronto’s waterfront. ( Toronto Star )Sidewalk Labs sees itself as a “catalyst” when it comes to its plan to bring a tech-driven, mostly residential neighbourhood to Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Governments at all three levels have interacted in some way with the Sidewalk Labs project.

Source: thestar March 22, 2019 09:03 UTC