Los Angeles Smart Transportation

The city of Los Angeles has its own characteristics in the construction of smart cities, that is, a large-scale intelligent interconnected street lamp network. Philips Lighting will deploy new Internet of Things technology and functions for it, and collect and analyze data through sensors and software equipped with street lamps. The analysis results will help improve the transparency of city operations and promote the development of new smart city applications. The newly introduced acoustic sensors and environmental noise monitoring sensors in the future of Los Angeles can detect vehicle collisions and provide timely information directly to the city's emergency communication system to help police, fire and emergency departments shorten response time and rescue patients as soon as possible. At present, there are more than 200,000 sets of street lights in Los Angeles, providing services for citizens on urban roads, highways, tunnels and sidewalks.

Los Angeles' smart streetlight network also plays an important role in the government's urban management. "The scale of lighting infrastructure in Los Angeles is among the highest in the world, and it is also one of the most important assets of the city. This set of reliable and intelligent interconnected lighting systems covers all types of public places, providing people with life, work, travel, shopping, It provides convenience for dining and socializing.” said the director of the Los Angeles Street Light Authority. "If each set of street lights can collect surrounding environmental data and make full use of it, the entire street light network can provide more value to citizens." In 2015, the Los Angeles Street Light Authority began to deploy the Philips CityTouch intelligent interconnected road lighting management system. The system uses the existing mobile network and cloud technology to monitor and control the operation of street lights, and analyze the energy consumption of each set of street lights. New pilot projects will expand on this foundation to include more sensors, test new applications, and make greater use of urban infrastructure investments.

Los Angeles also has an automatic traffic monitoring system in terms of smart traffic, including 40,000 thermal detectors, 4,000 pilot automated intersections and 500 cameras. Through this system, the city's traffic flow has been reduced by 12%, vehicle speed has been increased by 16%, and traffic stations have been reduced by 20% to 30%.