"By knowing what a person says, we can know who they are. By knowing who somebody is, it becomes easier to predict what exactly they'll do in the future. At the heart of all of these algorithm-enable revolutions, there exists one persistent goal: prediction - to be more exact, prediction of what other humans will do. That's how money gets made."
In the yin and yang of infrastructure management, the future will belong to software that can exploit hardware. Like any city, hardware in the current infrastructure matrix is concrete and steel. Managing and improving the efficiency of cities in 2030 will be about code and not concrete - - from algorithms, to artificial intelligence, to data-sifting - - engineering in the public sphere increasing belongs to those that can find useful patterns (i.e., from finding water leaks to preventing crimes before they happen) and insights in the data. Engineering in the public sector could be on the verge of a revolutionary transition. Software and big data will transform you city block - - the economics and technology are ripe for this to happen.
Rhythm Engineering, a traffic consulting firm in Lenexa, KS seems to get this new era of code. Enhanced public infrastructure - - the power of an algorithm that makes a city smarter, more efficiency, more sustainable, more safe, more livable - - and the technology pipeline seems to be primed. Rhythm Engineering utilizes a proprietary (i.e., InSync) system that blends real-time street monitoring with adaptive algorithms to do the seemingly impossible - - not only speed up traffic but also make it safer. Rhythm rigs larger traffic corridors with traffic-counting cameras, grouping cars into ad hoc motorcades that are sent through a series of green lights en masse. After each block of vehicles passes, adjoining side streets switch to green lights to move cross-traffic.
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