Lake Nona, a 17-square-mile private community near Orlando, Fla., is the site of a smart city technology deployment by Hitachi Americas to gather movement data to begin putting forward a more thorough planning and transportation strategy…

The analysis of transportation data will help the community establish goals and strategies related to multimodal transportation, autonomous vehicles and even the use of drones, say officials…

Lake Nona — a mix of commercial, retail and residential, all contained within its private development envelope about four miles from Orlando International Airport — has been a leader in its use of urban technology. The community is equipped with 5G communications infrastructure, a network of sensors and even a fleet of autonomous vehicles. Hitachi has access to data related to parking, traffic signals, AV movement, as well as movement data related to cellphones held by residents.
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