For the former, 225 cameras now comprise the system, which was launched in 2000, and primarily accessible to the public via the Travelers’ Map. The latter are used on 15 streets in the city to gauge travel times. They explained traffic cameras and license-plate readers. Bandy said SDOT’s tech will be more helpful than ever once the Alaskan Way Viaduct closes and we enter the so-called “period of maximum constraint” next year. Mark Bandy and Jason Cambridge from SDOT led off. Opening the meeting at American Legion Post 160 in The Triangle, Megan Erb of the city IT department explained the ways you can comment – from an “old school” postal-mail letter, to attending a meeting like this one, to online. But before we get to that – the overall toplines, including what we learned from the presentations (including one thing we weren’t aware of): The sizable city-staff contingent was prepared to break attendees into multiple small groups, but there were only enough for one, and all but one of that handful of attendees said they were there in hopes of hearing/seeing what the general public had to say. What the video doesn’t show you, since it only covers the meeting-opening presentations, is what we can tell you since we were there to cover it: The small-group discussion wasn’t much of a discussion. If you missed it, you can attend one of the three meetings still ahead and/or comment online through next Monday. That’s Seattle Channel video ( click here if you can’t see it above) from last Thursday’s West Seattle meeting about some of the city surveillance technologies that are currently under review.
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