Covid mata bairro inteligente e sustentável

Época / negócios 08-05-2020

https://epocanegocios.globo.com/Mundo/noticia/2020/05/dona-do-google-desiste-de-construir-bairro-inteligente-em-toronto.html

Dona do Google desiste de construir bairro inteligente em Toronto

A crise causada pelo novo coronavírus afetou os planos da Alphabet, holding dona do Google. O braço de urbanismo do grupo, o Sidewalk Labs, desistiu de construir um bairro inteligente e sustentável em Toronto, no Canadá. O anúncio foi feito na quinta-feira (07/05) em comunicado escrito por Dan Doctoroff, CEO da Sidewalk Labs. Segundo o CEO, o projeto do bairro Quayside foi descartado por questões financeiras. 

Instantâneo do momento em que, sob o olhar atônito de seus desafortunados residentes, o bairro Quayside era atacado por uma horda de temíveis coronavírus vindos, ao que parece, do espaço sideral chinês. Indagado pela reportagem sobre o antivírus utilizado em seu revolucionário programa urbano, o Google declarou que bairros inteligentes e sustentáveis não deveriam, ao menos em tese, precisar se precaver contra ameaças alienígenas.

Montagem À beira do urbanismo. Imagem original Internet

2020-05-09

Cidade inteligente, enclave privado (2)

Deu na BBC News 
18-05-2019, por Jane Wakefield 
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47815344

The Google city that has angered Toronto

That would include autonomous cars, innovative ways to collect rubbish and shared spaces for communities to come together in new ways.

Sidewalk Toronto’s vision for urban development (Sidewalk Toronto)
Fonte: Yahoo FinanceClique na imagem para ampliar

Sidewalk Labs, a sister company to Google, had earmarked disused land in Toronto, Canada for this bold urban experiment, which it hoped would become a model for other cities around the world.

The fact that it would be collecting a lot of data from sensors placed all around the harbourside development unsettled some.Now many are asking whether a private firm should take charge of urban improvement at all.

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This group [Block Sidewalk] was formed because leaked documents in the Toronto Star suggested Sidewalk Labs had a far grander vision than the 12-acre (48,500-sq m) site it had talked about. We were concerned that we were not getting transparency," Ms Wylie told the BBC.

The article she refers to alleged that the Google-affiliate wanted to build a much bigger neighbourhood at Quayside and provide new transport for it.

In return for its investment it wanted a share of property taxes, development fees and increased value of city land that would normally go to the city.

This has not been disputed by Sidewalk Labs. (Continua)

2019-05-19

Cidade inteligente, enclave privado

Deu no Yahoo Finance 
15-02-2019, por Jessy Bains 
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/google-sister-company-wants-cut-torontos-property-taxes-developing-smart-city-164129521.html

Google sister company wants a cut of Toronto's property taxes for developing smart city

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs wants a cut of Toronto’s revenue to build out its vision of a futuristic data-driven smart city.

Sidewalk Toronto’s vision for urban development (Sidewalk Toronto)
Fonte: Yahoo FinanceClique na imagem para ampliar

The project has been controversial from the start. Critics have been calling out the Google (GOOG) sister company and its partner Waterfront Toronto for lack of clarity around data collection and intellectual property. 

Sidewalk Toronto is offering to help finance transit projects through the neighbouring Portlands area to speed up the process. Sidewalk Toronto says it should get a portion of developer fees and property taxes in exchange for developing the currently rundown area which is 30 times larger than the Quayside neighbourhood where Sidewalk Toronto plans to build its smart city.

Sidewalk Toronto also says it could build a new Canadian headquarters on Villiers Island and a timber factory in Ontario to build help build the smart city — creating 4,000 jobs in the process. (Continua)

2019-02-20