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September 02, 2024

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Timothy Hooker

They've really outdone themselves with this traffic situation—it’s like an environmental comedy sketch! You could probably knock out a horse with the emissions in the area, but hey, at least we saved the oceans from plastic straws, right?

It’s kind of like throwing money into an old junker car, hoping it’ll run like new, instead of just getting a fresh set of wheels. The new $100 million grade separation? Already outdated! All it’s going to do is funnel more cars onto the same old streets—Broadway, California, and Carolan.

What Burlingame really needs is a creative urban planner to revamp this city layout. Let’s toss out the patchwork fixes and get something exciting and efficient going! Time for a fresh start!

Joe

Well, well, well. Look at that! A mere three months after the original post AI comes to Broadway. Per the DJ:

New technology devices to track car movements are rolling out to some of most high-risk railroad intersections, including Burlingame’s Broadway crossing.

RailSentry, developed by Herzog, is being incorporated into Caltrain’s corridor as part of a $150,000 contract that uses artificial intelligence, CCTV and LIDAR technology to monitor car movements near at-grade railroad crossings.

“We are working on developing a standard for Caltrain grade crossings that will be part of the safety strategic plan,” Executive Director Michelle Bouchard said during a board meeting Nov. 7. “It uses AI to better understand car movements, and it provides alerts so we can avoid collisions by either stopping the train or by advising local law enforcement so we can make sure we are avoiding collisions.”

The first phase will roll out to the Broadway Station in Burlingame, which is one of the more dangerous train crossing intersections based on the number of collisions.
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Of course, none of this is really "AI". More like a basic multi-input algorithm that has probably been around in Europe for a decade. One has to remember, the Caltrain gravy train is mostly feeding PR/Communications and lobbying headcount. The actual engineering and "AI" skills are in the back car.

Timothy Hooker

Good idea Joe. AI with Machine Learning could certainly help improve traffic with video analytics by capturing data on the number of vehicles or pedestrians traversing Broadway area for better traffic management.

Peter Garrison

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