The head of Sidewalk Labs says his firm won’t be proposing a smart city project without including plans calling for the extension of the LRT near the waterfront. Dan Doctoroff, CEO of the Google sister firm, spoke to the Star’s editorial board Thursday to explain what he anticipates will be in the master plan for the data-driven tech city, a proposal he said Sidewalk Labs hopes to unveil in the spring. CEO of Sidewalk Labs Daniel Doctoroff speaks to the Toronto Star editorial board on Thursday. Read more: Civil liberties association threatens legal action to block Sidewalk Labs smart city project Sidewalk Labs’ Port Lands vision not guaranteed, says new Waterfront Toronto chairPoll finds 55 per cent of Torontonians support Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside project “We are offering to help finance it (an LRT) because it doesn’t seem to be in the cards otherwise. Doctoroff said Sidewalk is “open to other alternatives” to being reimbursed for paying upfront for the LRT and other “critical” infrastructure needed for the smart city project.

Source: thestar March 07, 2019 22:18 UTC