A new AI-equipped technology helps cities identify when drivers park in unprotected lanes — and possibly, hit them with fines. Automated bike enforcement laws are a growing trend across the nation – and one company thinks they’ve finally developed the advanced technology to make that emerging legislation a reality.
Following recent bike enforcement bills in Chicago, California, and New York, machine learning company Hayden AI recently launched a new technology that they believe is the first to use artificial intelligence to capture and track motorists who block cycle paths — and hopefully, improve safety for people who ride.
And they need all the help they can get. A staggering 966 people on bicycles were killed in the United States in 2021 alone, a 2.2 percent uptick from the previous year, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, marking the highest number of cyclists killed on U.S. roads since 1975.