News — Alphabet’s futuristic Sidewalk Toronto

Alphabet’s futuristic Sidewalk Toronto city plans 2020 construction, first residents in 2022 @technacity   Sidewalk Labs is one of Alphabet’s lesser known subsidiaries, but is inline with the other ‘bets’ given its plan to use “new technology to address big urban challenges.” One of the first projects is to revitalize Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront with the initiative possibly breaking ground in 2020. In an interview with Reuters, Sidewalk CEO Daniel Doctoroff noted that testing for the Quayside neighborhood will start this summer, with the company hoping to begin in earnest by 2020. This smart city is essentially a “prototype” of technology that could improve...