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In the news | Washington State DOT

Help researchers train computers to recognize road users, prevent collisions 

June 2, 2017

What if we could use technology to predict where vehicle collisions involving people who walk or bike will occur, then take steps to prevent them? Would you want to help? Well, now you can.

In the news | KIRO 7

Volunteers needed to improve traffic safety using high-tech 

June 1, 2017

The city of Bellevue is asking for the public's help to make streets safer using new technology. Bellevue is working with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a cutting-edge effort to help prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries from…

In the news | Mobility Lab

Vision Zero video tool analyzes intersections for dangerous traffic conflicts 

June 1, 2017

Volunteers will “teach” the program to better identify people walking and biking. Despite signing onto Vision Zero, a campaign that aims to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, Washington, D.C. and other large cities have struggled to make progress in…

In the news | GeekWire

Human and computer vision unite to help Microsoft engineers stop traffic deaths 

June 1, 2017

The plan is to generate data about crashes and use it to improve roadways and prevent collisions between cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians.

In the news | GeekWire

Microsoft looks to stop bike crashes before they happen, testing Minority Report-style predictive intelligence 

October 14, 2015

Microsoft engineers and City of Bellevue planners have a sci-fi inspired strategy for curbing bike and pedestrian injuries on city streets: By using video analytics, they want to predict and prevent crashes before they happen.

In the news | New Scientist

Intelligent cameras can put an end to always-on surveillance 

September 2, 2015

Many cities are packed with cameras pointlessly recording everything they see, but smart algorithms could allow them to keep only footage that matters.

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