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Philadelphia is using AI-driven cameras to keep bus lanes clear – transparency can help build trust in the system

  • Written by Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
imageMore than 150 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority buses across Philadelphia are equipped with cameras that detect vehicles blocking bus lanes. Han Zheng via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

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