Alphabet to develop high
Dan Doctoroff
âFor the foreseeable future this will be the primary focus of what we do â  Dan Doctoroff  the chief executive of Sidewalk Labs   said in an interview.
One of the first projects Sidewalk Labs will take on is a sensor-based technology to manage crowds on a nearby street often filled with a potent mix of pedestrians  cyclists and motorized traffic  which  Doctoroff  said could be tested as early as the first quarter of 2018.
 He  said  the company  was also looking to integrate self-driving technology into the project over the longer term.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sidewalk Labs  CEO Dan Doctoroff (R)  look at city models built by children before a press conference where Alphabet Inc  the owner of Google  announced the project "Sidewalk Toronto"  that will develop an area of Toronto's waterfront using new technologies to develop high-tech urban areas in Toronto  Ontario  Canada October 17  2017.  REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Doctoroff  said  the company  had looked at more than 50 metropolitan areas in North America and sites in western Europe and Australia before settling on Toronto as the prime location for  its  future city test bed.
It is Sidewalk Labsâ most ambitious project to date  which  the company  expects will house 5 000 people and host another 5 000 workers within three to four years.
 Doctoroff  said  he  expects the project to lower the cost of living  including by reducing commutes  and for it to be the worldâs first urban development to reduce a cityâs carbon footprint.
âFor the foreseeable future this will be the primary focus of what we do â   [TGT] the chief executive of Sidewalk Labs   said in an interview.
One of the first projects Sidewalk Labs will take on is a sensor-based technology to manage crowds on a nearby street often filled with a potent mix of pedestrians  cyclists and motorized traffic  which   [TGT] said could be tested as early as the first quarter of 2018.
  [TGT]   said  the company  was also looking to integrate self-driving technology into the project over the longer term.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sidewalk Labs  CEO Dan Doctoroff (R)  look at city models built by children before a press conference where Alphabet Inc  the owner of Google  announced the project "Sidewalk Toronto"  that will develop an area of Toronto's waterfront using new technologies to develop high-tech urban areas in Toronto  Ontario  Canada October 17  2017.  REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Doctoroff  said  the company  had looked at more than 50 metropolitan areas in North America and sites in western Europe and Australia before settling on Toronto as the prime location for  its  future city test bed.
It is Sidewalk Labsâ most ambitious project to date  which  the company  expects will house 5 000 people and host another 5 000 workers within three to four years.
 Doctoroff  said  he  expects the project to lower the cost of living  including by reducing commutes  and for it to be the worldâs first urban development to reduce a cityâs carbon footprint.