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wasn't the smart city supposed to be resilient? i stan for the dumb-ass city. https://t.co/3xOhrnDIqd
— mark lamster (@marklamster) May 7, 2020
This might be disappointing for many who marvelled in the idea of smart cities, but for those who have been screaming that the privacy and cybersecurity considerations of having a company like Google have the ‘big brother’ power to surveil its residents, this is welcomed news.... https://t.co/TUmbchZ4br
— Bessma Momani (@b_momani) May 7, 2020
A lot of companies are going to use "unprecedented economic uncertainty" as cover to cancel projects for other reasons. My hunch is that's what's going on here with Sidewalk Labs cancelling the Toronto project, which a lot of people hated. https://t.co/W8W4F8wTPN
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) May 7, 2020
So much for Google redefining urban planning https://t.co/4rnShnDOSa
— Jonathan O'Connell (@OConnellPostbiz) May 7, 2020
In terms of timing, this is ... something. https://t.co/XQXAooieY4
— ????? ? ?????? (@jamespmcleod) May 7, 2020
nature is healing we are the virus https://t.co/0qdxP2wsH3
— the high park capybaras were social distancing (@Allisomething) May 7, 2020
Our decision not to pursue the Quayside project was a very difficult one. We are grateful to the countless Torontonians who contributed to the effort, and for the support we received from community groups, civic leaders, & local residents. Thank you https://t.co/OiCDzMJvDk (1/3) https://t.co/XBLVgZd0Xs
— Sidewalk Labs (@sidewalklabs) May 7, 2020
It has taken 2+ years, but my commitment to never entirely understanding Sidewalk Labs has paid off. https://t.co/MzzD20ifTq
— Scott Stinson (@scott_stinson) May 7, 2020
This feels 40% COVID, 60% other challenges. I've been telling people I thought the odds were not good, but still surprising to see it end.
— David Eaves (@daeaves) May 7, 2020
Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart-city project /via @globeandmail https://t.co/lsJZ6t7mG6
Sidewalk Labs pitched Toronto on building the city of the future. Instead, it was met with two and a half years of controversy over its origins, overreach, and privacy and financial implications. Now the project is cancelled.
— josh o'kane (@joshokane) May 7, 2020
An obituary for a dream: https://t.co/2HuDmIvNzy
This is sad. I was really excited about the opportunity for a win win win and positioning Toronto as the test city for the rest of the world. https://t.co/O2ydnKsUgd
— Nicole Verkindt (@nicoleverkindt) May 7, 2020
Toronto's "Smart-City" project was supposed to be a flagship project for @Google and for "smart" cities. But once the elaborate plans were submitted, privacy experts and other town planners said the technology involved was excessively invasive. #5G https://t.co/w7AgRy0xp8
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 7, 2020
Alphabet's @sidewalklabs is killing its Toronto smart-city project. Announcement: https://t.co/YrVnI35OzX
— Alex Bozikovic (@alexbozikovic) May 7, 2020
This is bonkers. And sad. They've probably spent a ton on this. Would have loved to see this project realized. https://t.co/AS1gJzCrPD
— Isaac Krasny (@isaackrasny) May 7, 2020
Good. But also: wild that we entrusted city-making to companies that can, just like that, walk away (or "kill" a project) https://t.co/89rKWu1vtI
— David Huber (@davidhuber_) May 7, 2020
this does not seem like enough money to fix… infrastructure https://t.co/axvsDOGFb4
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) May 7, 2020
It’s a damn shame that we won’t get to see what a —
— Nate Hood (@natehoodstp) May 7, 2020
publicly-subsidized, corporately-owned, ad-revenue funded
top-down, constantly-connected IoT surveillance-based “Smart City”
made with cross-laminated timber
with tunnels
and millennials
would look like. https://t.co/BoNmkBrDHO
Toronto just dodged a massive bullet https://t.co/aAD1onkZbA
— David Madden (@davidjmadden) May 7, 2020
Woke up to covering this massive $400M Series A from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners. Credit to @FortuneMagazine for breaking the news...https://t.co/YLDDkZiZvk
— Mary Ann Azevedo (@bayareawriter) May 7, 2020
Toronto's "Smart-City" project was supposed to be a flagship project for @Google and for "smart" cities. But once the elaborate plans were submitted, privacy experts and other town planners said the technology involved was excessively invasive. #5G https://t.co/w7AgRy0xp8
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 7, 2020
Thanks to @blocksidewalk @TorontoACORN @goodjobsforall @biancawylie & others who mobilized against surveillance capitalism and stood up for democracy & public control #TOPoli #BlockSidewalk https://t.co/u2T1zCrcPi
— Ryerson Soc. Justice (@RyeSJChair) May 7, 2020
Great news that Toronto has abandoned Smart City plans. Residents strongly resisted when they learned the goal is surveillance & gathering personal data to sell to the highest bidder. Pass it on to your city. https://t.co/8d37s4net2 #SmartCities #DumbCities #5G #data #privacy
— Susan Foster (@Susan_Foster_) May 7, 2020
Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart-city project via @joshokane #onpoli https://t.co/YVL4s6t5LI
— Laura Stone (@l_stone) May 7, 2020
Toronto's waterfront isn't going to be colonized and surveilled by a private company after all https://t.co/bGiW1ZVF21
— Jeremy Appel ? (@JeremyAppel1025) May 7, 2020
latest on Sidewalk quitting Quayside:
— josh o'kane (@joshokane) May 7, 2020
-Waterfront Toronto had asked Alphabet to financially backstop the project
-office will stay in Toronto, returning to "labs" roots
-Waterfront chair Diamond would consider another approach, inc more affordable housing https://t.co/2HuDmIvNzy
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
— Patrick Searle (@Patrick4ONT) May 7, 2020
? @biancawylie @ThisTechGirl @ruffoloj @blocksidewalk
Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart-city project https://t.co/gX4p0hdYdQ via @joshokane
BIG WIN: Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs is walking away from building a smart-city development in Toronto after two and a half years of controversy over its origins, overreach, and privacy and financial implications. https://t.co/dFWMbkKfPu
— ACRE (@ACREcampaigns) May 7, 2020
Probably for the best. I was initially open to this project but it became clear Sidewalk Labs was not a good partner and always seemed to have multiple hidden agendas. Perhaps a locally-led development can still integrate a few of the better ideas. https://t.co/SjTeBzPuJK
— Dylan Reid (@dylan_reid) May 7, 2020
Toronto real estate gets a hint from Google.
— Stephen Punwasi (@StephenPunwasi) May 7, 2020
Sidewalk labs is cancelled “because of COVID-19′s devastation to the global economy and Toronto real-estate market.”
Google didn’t run out of money. Toronto real estate ran out of value.#ToRe #VanRehttps://t.co/1UqViGdx6J
Big ups to @blocksidewalk and all the folks in Toronto who came together to beat back this corporate takeover.
— Serve The People San José (@STP_SJ) May 7, 2020
When we fight we win!#blocksidewalk #stopgooglesj #Toronto #Sanjose #fuckoffgooglehttps://t.co/g08ljqpFKa
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs shuts down #Toronto #smartcity project https://t.co/7fvbiU4fOK via @Verge
— Stephanie Atkinson #IoT #smartcities #mobile #B2B (@stephatkins) May 7, 2020
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs shuts down Toronto smart city project https://t.co/WOSHTriuCt pic.twitter.com/CtRgfYXjtN
— The Verge (@verge) May 7, 2020
So there’s some hope after all. Privatisation of public spaces and of our lives apparently not going ahead.
— Tommaso Valletti (@TomValletti) May 7, 2020
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs shuts down Toronto smart city project https://t.co/0Ce0rjJo0N
I’m not seeing as many @sidewalklabs twitter hot takes as I expected. https://t.co/tYqrHGksd7
— Andrew Salzberg (@andrewsalzberg) May 7, 2020
Sidewalk Labs vets lead a $400M bet to fix America’s infrastructure - from plastic recycling to highways for autonomous cars. Tip @Techmeme https://t.co/1j4wQ2HtAU
— Jeff Roberts (@jeffjohnroberts) May 7, 2020
Exclusive: Alphabet vets raise $400 million to remake America’s infrastructure – Fortune https://t.co/yQoqCJxmm2
— Keisuke Kogure (@keysket) May 7, 2020
Alphabetのスマートシティ部門(さっきツイートした、トロントでいったん停止したところ)、AlphabetとOTPPから400Mを調達。ちなみにOTPPはオンタリオ州教職員年金基金。
I shared surveillance-dystopia worries about Google's planned high-tech neighborhood in Toronto, but was curious about how it would turn out. Pandemic has now scuttled the project.https://t.co/ob4mvKCfnW
— Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll) May 7, 2020
#Breaking: Greyhound Canada has announced a temporary shutdown of its bussing and service operations effective May 12 due to the pandemic. Ridership has declined 95 per cent amid COVID-19. The closure will affect 400 jobs. https://t.co/et9VwI1i7y
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 7, 2020
WATCH: Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau announces federal government will send the provinces and territories $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers. #cdnpoli
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 7, 2020
More of the day's COVID-19 updates here (free digital access): https://t.co/6efNsT9Kf2 pic.twitter.com/zxg2F9yVxB
NEW: Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau says the federal government will send the provinces and territories $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. #cdnpolihttps://t.co/6efNsT9Kf2
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 7, 2020
LIVE NOW: Ontario Premier @fordnation provides COVID-19 update. #onpolihttps://t.co/6efNsT9Kf2 pic.twitter.com/dJDmBMdY5E
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 7, 2020
LIVE NOW: Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau provides update on federal response to COVID-19. #cdnpolihttps://t.co/6efNsT9Kf2 pic.twitter.com/XbVGrRAznR
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 7, 2020
https://t.co/t9yErjAMW3 코로나를 이유로 들고 있긴 하지만 내 생각엔 이전부터 탈출각 재고 있던거 아니었을까 싶음 ;; 그 동안 토론토 지역 사회 반발이 심했었고 그에 따라 이런 저런 규제/제약이 많이 붙어서
— minchul park (@summerlight00) May 7, 2020
What's killing cities isn't a lack of technology -- it's bad public policy.
— Steven Buss ? ? (@sbuss) May 7, 2020
And Google sucks at influencing policy.https://t.co/Fnz0yhYFyf
I don’t want to live in a smart city. I want to live in a wise one. Coronavirus: Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto https://t.co/TBaHL7kiQi
— Ben van Bruggen (@vburbandesign) May 7, 2020
As god is my witness, I had no idea that Google would lose interest in something and wander off https://t.co/XM1ozG1dVu
— Chris Adams (@acdha) May 7, 2020
Fascinating on lots of levels. 1. No way that Google's original city plan makes sense today. 2. Toronto played its hand well. Cities should talk with wild-eyed innovators but temper their plans with common sense. 3. Hope to hear from these folks again. https://t.co/4jLpiZyeZP
— George Anders (@GeorgeAnders) May 7, 2020
the pandemic did one (1) good thinghttps://t.co/pyHd7rMmCa
— i miss the framebuffer (@superSGHP) May 7, 2020