Imagine if the data collected by your car could improve road safety in our cities. Sounds too good to be true. Or is it? Thanks to pioneering work by Mercedes-Benz, this is now a reality.
In a first-of-its-kind pilot project in North America, Mercedes-Benz USA Urban Mobility Solutions has teamed up with Boston’s Citywide Analytics Team, to identify the causes of uneven roads using vehicle data analytics.
As I’m sure you know, our vehicles are fitted with advanced suspension systems and hundreds of intelligent sensors that are capable of registering surface damage and potholes on the road. Further analysis completed in the Mercedes-Benz Cloud takes vehicle type, wheel spin and damper level into consideration.
If customers have opted into data sharing via the Mercedes me connect App1, then the data can be collected, anonymised, aggregated and analysed by the research teams to help them identify patterns and hotspots in a particular area.
Over time, this pilot project will help the City of Boston build up a more accurate picture of the quality of the roads and, ultimately, make them a safer place for every road user.
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