Transit systems turn to AI-powered cameras to catch drivers who block bus lanes

By npr
Published on December 31, 2024

 
 
KENILWORTH, N.J. — If you’re the kind of driver who parks in the bus lane to run a quick errand, you might want to think twice.

The nation’s biggest transit systems are using AI-enhanced cameras to keep bus lanes clear of illegally parked cars.

 

The company behind those cameras is a start-up called Hayden AI, which offered to demonstrate how they work in real life on the streets near its offices in this New Jersey suburb.
 
“What you’re seeing on the screen right now is the system identifying different objects as we’re driving down the road,” said Charley Territo, the chief growth officer for Hayden AI, as we rode in the back of a specially equipped van.

 

 

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