Photo: San Diego streetlight
San Diego switches off streetlight sensors pending regulation
24 September 2020
by Sarah Wray
Photo: San Diego streetlight
24 September 2020
by Sarah Wray
The City of San Diego has deactivated all sensor services, including cameras, on its 3,200 smart streetlights until a new ordinance is in place governing the programme.
“At this time, no data can be transmitted from the streetlights,” Gustavo Portela, a spokesperson for the Mayor's Office, told Cities Today.
San Diego’s smart streetlight programme was announced in 2017, in partnership with GE Current, and touted as “the world’s largest smart city IoT platform”. The sensor installation was part of a broader project to upgrade thousands of streetlights to LED lighting. Through the initiative, more than 3,000 lights became part of the city’s data-gathering infrastructure with the addition...
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