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Business Wire
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Business Wire
Hayden AI Wins Third Consecutive Global Award for Solving Real-World Transit Challenges with AI
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hayden AI has once again been recognized on the global stage, earning the title of Overall Computer Vision Solution of the Year in the 2025 AI Breakthrough Awards. This marks the third straight year Hayden AI has been honored by the program, a testament to the company's continued success in solving real-world urban mobility challenges using AI. At its core, Hayden AI builds technology that works — not in theory, but in cities, on streets, and for millions of daily commuters. The company's automated transit zone enforcement platform is now being used by major cities in the United States and Europe to keep bus lanes, bike lanes, and bus stops clear of obstructions, leading to safer, faster, and more reliable public transportation. 'In an industry often focused on future potential, we've focused on delivering impact today,' said Charles Territo, Chief Growth Officer at Hayden AI. 'Our platform puts AI to work solving immediate problems that affect real people — making buses run more reliably, making streets safer, and helping transit agencies operate more efficiently. This third consecutive award reinforces the results we're delivering every day.' In just three years, Hayden AI's platform has been deployed in 10 major U.S. cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Sacramento, and Santa Monica. European cities are now following suit, with Barcelona recently becoming the latest city to test Hayden AI's technology. The platform uses AI-powered cameras mounted on transit buses to detect parking and traffic violations in real time. Violations are processed at the edge and sent to local authorities for review, enabling scalable enforcement that encourages driver behavior change and improves public transit performance. The results are clear. In New York City, routes with bus-mounted enforcement cameras saw an average 20% reduction in vehicle collisions, a 40% drop in bus stop parking violations within a single year, and up to 36% increases in bus speeds on some corridors. As cities look for practical ways to improve mobility and safety, Hayden AI's technology is proving that AI isn't just powerful — it's useful. And when deployed with the right purpose, it can help cities solve some of their most persistent transportation challenges. About Hayden AI: At Hayden AI, we're pioneering real world problem solving powered by AI. Cities use our mobile perception system to speed up transit and make streets safer. Learn more at
Business Wire
01-07-2025
- Automotive
- Business Wire
Hayden AI Powers Major Expansion of Automated Bus Lane and Bus Stop Enforcement Across Southern California
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starting today, two more Southern California cities—Santa Monica and West Hollywood—will deploy Hayden AI's game-changing automated transit enforcement platform. This innovative technology will tackle the growing issue of illegally parked vehicles obstructing bus lanes and bus stops, making public transit safer, more efficient, and more reliable for millions of LA-area commuters. The cities join the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and Culver City in using Hayden AI 's industry leading solution to revolutionize how public transportation is delivered. The new enforcement begins with a 60-day warning period for Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus and Los Angeles Metro buses serving Line 212 in West Hollywood, with full enforcement starting September 1, 2025. 'Santa Monica and West Hollywood are leading the way in adopting transformative technology to make public transportation safer and more reliable,' said Charley Territo, Chief Growth Officer of Hayden AI. 'Our bus-mounted camera platform is helping cities across Southern California eliminate obstacles to smoother bus operations. We're proud to bring these benefits to Big Blue Bus and Metro riders in West Hollywood, helping to keep their routes clear and their commutes hassle-free.' For Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus, this rollout follows the success of a 2023 pilot program where Hayden AI technology was tested on two buses. The results were eye-opening: 7.7 violations per bus per day, amounting to 606 violations over just 45 days. This highlighted the urgent need for automated enforcement, especially as research has shown that keeping bus lanes clear can speed up bus travel times by 20-28% during peak hours, improving rider satisfaction and even boosting ridership by 2-9%. ' The implementation of automated enforcement advances Big Blue Bus's commitment to providing equitable access to efficient and reliable transportation and supports Santa Monica's broader strategic priority of clean streets and safe neighborhoods. Bus lane disruption disproportionately impacts individuals who rely on public transportation, particularly seniors, students, persons with disabilities, and those with limited access to private vehicles,' says Santa Monica's Director of Transportation, Anuj Gupta. 'Even a single vehicle blocking a bus lane can lead to significant delays, missed connections, and frustration for riders who depend on our service. By ensuring bus lanes remain clear, we enhance the efficiency of our multimodal transportation network and keep Santa Monica's residents and visitors moving safely, efficiently, and comfortably.' Hayden AI 's platform utilizes artificial intelligence in bus-mounted cameras to detect and record illegal parking violations that obstruct bus lanes, bus stops, bike lanes, and double parking. The technology is already in use across major U.S. cities, including New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Oakland, and Sacramento, proving its effectiveness in reducing transit blockages and making public transportation smoother. With this expanded deployment in Southern California, Hayden AI continues to set the standard for transit zone enforcement, pushing cities toward more efficient, equitable, and sustainable public transportation networks.
The Star
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Star
How Barcelona's buses are helping to spot bad drivers
Barcelona's public transport system is testing AI to help detect vehicles obstructing reserved lanes and stops. — Unsplash In collaboration with the city council, Barcelona's transport company (TMB) has launched an innovative pilot project designed to improve the flow of bus traffic in the city. The project is based on a solution tried and tested in New York, which involves equipping certain buses with cameras paired with artificial intelligence capable of detecting vehicles obstructing the flow of public transport. For the moment, the project concerns four buses on the H12 and D20 lines. They have been fitted with front cameras, paired with an artificial intelligence system developed by the American company Hayden AI. This system automatically detects vehicles parked illegally in bus lanes or at bus stops by analyzing the environment around the bus in real time. Bus lanes are essential to guaranteeing the reliability and speed of the service. Static infringements affect safety and slow down buses. Cars parked near bus stops also impede access for users with reduced mobility. Every time an infringement is detected, cameras installed at the front of the buses concerned record photos and video footage. However, no license plates or faces are recorded; only anonymized statistical data are transmitted, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). So far, 2,500 violations have been identified in one month, but no fines have been issued. The pilot phase is scheduled to last six months, with the aim of integrating the system into the entire fleet and potentially introducing sanctions. The system developed by Hayden AI has already been tried and tested in the USA, where it is fitted to bus fleets in New York, Los Angeles, Washington and Oakland. By the end of 2024, more than 1,000 buses in New York had been equipped with this technology. Since 2019, more than 438,000 violation notices have been issued for vehicles driving in bus lanes. In five years, the authorities have seen an average 5% increase in public transport speed, as well as a 20% reduction in collisions and an estimated 5% to 10% drop in CO2 emissions, depending on the neighborhood. – AFP Relaxnews
Technical.ly
02-05-2025
- Automotive
- Technical.ly
Next week, AI will start issuing parking tickets in Philadelphia
SEPTA and the Philadelphia Parking Authority are adopting artificial intelligence to further enforce parking regulations in the city. The agencies installed AI-camera systems on 152 buses and 38 trolleys to identify vehicles stopped or parked in bus lanes or in front of bus stops in Center City and West Philly. Violations will be ticketed starting May 7. The goal is to discourage these habits, according to Matthew Zapson, planning programs manager at SEPTA 'We are really hopeful that this threat of consistent enforcement will change people's behavior,' Zapson told 'We want the behavior to change so we can provide accessible, safe, reliable and quick transit.' SEPTA and the PPA are working with Hayden AI, a San Francisco-based company that makes AI traffic enforcement technology, to install and maintain the camera systems. The vision AI system is made up of a context camera, a license plate recognition camera, an antenna and an onboard processing unit, per Charles Territo, chief growth officer at Hayden AI. The cameras are mounted inside the windshield of the buses. Hayden created a map of all the bus routes in Philly, then the map was annotated with the rules on each route, marking where bus lanes and stops are. Then the company creates algorithms that translate those rules and tell the system what to do if there are violations, Territo said. 'We'll say, OK, system, here's our map. This is a bus stop. It should be clear. There should be no vehicle here,' Territo said. 'If you see a vehicle here, capture an image of the license plate, if you don't see a vehicle there, don't do anything.' When the cameras detect violations, footage and images are taken to create an 'evidence package' that is sent to Hayden AI, which does a first round of review of the content, Zapson said. Then, the data is sent to the PPA, where a human reviews the materials again before determining if there was actually a violation and issuing a ticket. The PPA houses all of the data collected. Hayden AI's system only takes photos or videos of vehicles if the algorithm finds that it is violating a regulation, Territo said. This reduces the amount of data that's collected. This program is currently in a warning period, meaning people who are found to have violations will only receive a warning. After May 7, the PPA will start issuing tickets ranging from $50 to $76 depending on the type of parking violation. Could changing driver behavior boost SEPTA revenue? Across the nine cities where Hayden AI has deployed their system, 9 out of 10 drivers who receive a violation ticket did not receive a second one, per Territo, the chief growth officer. 'It's very effective at changing the behavior of drivers that may have routinely parked in bus lanes or at bus stops,' Territo said.'Now they know that that will be enforced.' SEPTA and the PPA piloted the tech in 2023, placing AI camera systems on seven buses along routes 21 and 42. The 70-day pilot saw over 36,000 parking violations at bus stops and lanes in Center City, according to Zapson, the SEPTA planning programs manager. The pilot also identified specific bus stops and locations in the city where there were consistent parking violations. '[It] confirmed how big of an issue this was, that it was affecting people's ability to get on and off the bus at bus stops,' Zapson said. 'And it was causing real reliability and travel time problems for our riders as well.' Preventing vehicles from stopping and parking in front of bus stops or in no-parking zones is an effort to lessen congestion, said PPA Executive Director Rich Lazer. It should also make it easier for people to get on and off the buses, especially people with disabilities, parents and seniors. Parking enforcement officers can only address violations they're physically there to see, he said, so this technology broadens the scope of enforcement. SEPTA, which is facing a massive budget shortfall that could lead to service cuts, will not directly earn revenue from the AI-ticketed violations — like other tickets, it goes to the PPA. However, Zapson said, the hope is it will make the bus and trolley systems more efficient, and eventually lead to additional ridership. 'When transit becomes more reliable, more accessible, a little bit quicker,' Zapson said. 'It's going to draw more people to take the bus or the trolley as an option.' Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
AI-powered cameras gave out nearly 10,000 tickets along L.A. bus routes. Are you next?
In a one-month period, artificial-intelligence-assisted cameras mounted on Los Angeles Metro buses generated nearly 10,000 citations for parking violations, according to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Cameras were first installed on the windshields of some Metro buses last year, but the first tickets were issued in mid-February. Initially, the only buses to have cameras were along line 212, from Hollywood/Vine to Hawthorne/Lennox stations via La Brea Avenue, and line 720, from Santa Monica to downtown L.A. via Wilshire Boulevard. Line 70, which services Olive Street and Grand Avenue, and lines 910 and 950 that serve Metro's J Line have since been included. The AI-powered cameras scan for illegally parked cars and compile a video of each violation, a photo of the license plate and the time and location, according to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Each citation is reviewed by a human. At a minimum of $293 per violation, there's nothing artificial about the ticket's price tag. Read more: AI-powered cameras installed on Metro buses to ticket illegally parked cars In the second half of March, the program gave out 3,093 citations over cars blocking bus lanes or stops. That number more than doubled in the first two weeks of April, when 6,681 citations were issued. Before the cameras were installed, officers typically issued around 570 tickets for impeding bus lanes monthly, the transportation department told LAist. 'Without enforcement, a single parked car in a bus lane can delay dozens or even hundreds of riders. So, this is not just about issuing tickets, it's about making sure our Metro buses run on schedule and get our riders to their destinations on time,' said Metro Board Chair and L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn. The program, designed by technology company Hayden AI, is meant to improve bus times, increase ridership and address mobility concerns. Metro's board of directors approved an $11-million contract with the company last year to roll out 100 camera systems. The agreement started in December and is supposed to last roughly five years. Read more: A rich L.A. neighborhood donated surveillance technology to the LAPD — then drama ensued Although the AI-powered security cameras constantly scan for illegally parked cars, Charles Territo, Hayden AI's chief growth officer, said the technology is trained to record only when a potential violation is observed. 'If the bus is moving and there's no vehicle parked in the lane, it's not recording any data,' he said. 'Only when the system observes a vehicle parked illegally in a bus lane or a bus stop does it record the license plate and capture video of the event.' Similar programs are being used in Washington, D.C., and New York City as the use of AI continues to expand for travel safety. Recently, Southern California's regional rail system Metrolink was granted $1.3 million to develop an AI-powered security system to detect unexpected movement on the tracks. Times staff writer Colleen Shalby contributed to this report. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
