Sensor data examples

It is all well and and good collecting all this data but if you don't put it to practical use then what is the point?

Working with such concepts I found that Infrared Cameras protect privacy and provide information needed for traffic management and other purposes. Are there any plans for that?

Smart lampposts are a good idea. Electric vehicle charging and the ability to tell remotely when a lamp-post charging point and parking space is or will be available and to book it via an app. Car parking space information would be helpful if shared via APIs to Google Maps etc. WiFi is of limited value (cellular coverage is generally decent) and may just end up being abused by local dwellings (as a free alternative to home broadband!), leaving less bandwidth for the post's public service functions!

Air quality sensors should be added to smart lampposts and would be a minimal extra cost. The resulting data can be used for planning (traffic management, road charging) but also real-time to allow residents to plan a travel time and route that minimises their exposure (e.g. CItymapper 'healthiest route'). Because pollution levels are very variable per location and time of day this has potential to improve health.

These both help scarce resources to be used more efficiently. Asset management is a business case for Councils to think about. Overlfowing bins aren't a problem in my area but might be in some.

good idea more smart tech for recycling eg some way to encourage people not to put plastic in a normal bin or flash messages like you have saved xxx in the ocean etc 

more ways to encourage physical activity linked to smart phones - eg gamification using smart tech

cycle lane traffic lights are great but often are ridculously slow at changing when there is no traffic or pedestrians on road can ofren take a lot longer to get to work that needed. 

street lighting mixed views some areas are sacry as a single female when dark and im heading into them eg the sensor wouldnt pick me up until i was closer. but agree a way to turn off certain lights when not  used helpful 

good initiaves in eurpoe where population walking genertes power on pavements. 

They might help; but the causes of bad air quality need to be urgently addressed, and you still need to pay people to manage everyone's waste .

Digital infrastucture could be a powerful way to improve peoples' lives in London, as long as any and all data gathered were automatically in the public domain, not property of a private organisation to be used for profit. Unleashing the power of the creative commons on comprehensive urban data could yield massive economic and broader social benefits, with minimal public expenditure; the alternative is using public money to place sensors which private companies will exploit to the benefit of their shareholders. The same arguments apply to general privacy and the state. For further reading and examples please see https://boingboing.net/2018/10/04/data-colonialism.html

Smart traffic lights could improve quality of life for motorist and other road users.

1)  Traffic lights could turn off when traffic falls below a pre-determined threshold, junction becomes 'give way' when lights are off.

2)  Traffic lights could become 'smart' - using A.I to learn traffic patterns and control lights to dynamically keep queues to the minimum. 

More but NO surveillance - especially anything the police or government has access to.

Not to be used for crime solving except to lessen animal cruelty.