Smart Cameras inside CTA Buses
From Chicago Tribune:
CTA buses will be transmitting video wirelessly soon. (I wonder if anyone will be able to hack into the footage or whether it will be publicly available). The transmissions will eventually be viewable within patrol cars and the 911 center.
Last month after a gunman opened fire on a CTA bus, killing a Julian High School student, police looked at video tapes to identify a suspect. The technology now being installed would use the same cameras on buses to capture and transmit video images in real time.
Part of the program involves software “to analyze video scenes from buses and rail stations and to issue alerts about activity that might be of interest.”
The CTA is also improving radio communications for tracking buses, so within 18 months people can go online and find out when a bus will arrive at a particular stop.
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