Pedestrian counting, augmented reality newest projects in NYC ‘smart city’ testbed program

New York City Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser on Monday announced two new pilot projects to be led through the NYC Smart City Testbed Program.

The city plans to focus on enhancing street and infrastructure safety, and will include experiments with a pedestrian counting technology and an augmented reality platform hoped to inform the design of a new recreation center in Queens.

The urban-tech accelerator, which the Office of Technology and Innovation kicked off in 2023, gives city agencies, private companies and academic institutions a chance to pilot technologies that solve urban challenges. Last year’s cohort used artificial intelligence to help the parks department automatically assess conditions at certain facilities, and a lidar tool that helped the Department of City Planning analyze industrial traffic.

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