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I still don't understand LA's case for needing the data. How does it intend to use it?
by jessriedel 7y ago
I still don't understand LA's case for needing the data. How does it intend to use it?
- edmundsauto 7y ago"At LADOT, our job is to move people and goods as quickly and safely as possible, but we can only do that if we have a complete picture of what’s on our streets and where"
- XMPPwocky 7y ago"we need this data to move people and goods more quickly and safely" doesn't really seem like an answer to grandparent's question- what are they actually going to do with the data?
- amelius 7y agoThis is a bit like asking an electrical engineer what they would use a voltmeter for. For measuring voltages. Not a good answer? Well, uhm, do you have some time to spare?
- icebraining 7y ago> Well, uhm, do you have some time to spare? Will they answer if we do?
- amelius 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_flow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_flow
- Nasrudith 7y agoTheir case is essentially that they are lazy assholes with no respect for privacy so spare them from doing their job and doing their own representative traffic pattern modeling. Just like the demand for backdoors to spare the police the burden of investigating.
- snarf21 7y agoRight, they could easily install their own traffic sensors and license plate readers but that would cost so instead they demand the data from the companies. I'm not a big fan on how Uber bypasses laws but LA could also get this data from the cell carriers. That would give them a great view of how and when they need to move every single person in LA around at every single second.
- vajrabum 7y agoThis is currently about scooters so no license plates and you don't have to be a city bureaucrat to be concerned about scooters and where they are.