New York subways testing system using smartphones to find track defects

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MTA Is Trying To Use Smartphone AI To Spot Dangerous Subway Tracks

The MTA partnered with Google to experiment with more efficient and cost-effective ways to inspect tracks

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New York subways testing system using smartphones to find track defects

An A Line subway train arrives at the Rockaway-Mott Ave station on May 23, 2023. New York City Transit has launched a pilot program using smartphones to find track defects following an initial test on the A Line. MTA/Marc A. Hermann NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has begun a pilot program with a division of Google that uses smartphones to help detect potential subway track defects. The program announced Thursday, Feb. 27, b…

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Sensing delays: NYC Transit uses every-day phone technology to look for track defects

NYC trains may soon be faster and more efficient with the help of some innovative technology.  From September 2024 to January 2025, the MTA partnered with Google Public Sector on a pilot program using Google Pixel smartphones designed to detect defects and problems more quickly — a move that could potentially avoid significant train delays for NYC Transit’s more than 4 million daily riders.  In what sounds like something straight out of a spy mo…

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The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects

New York City's transit authority is one of a few US systems experimenting with using sensors and AI to improve track inspections.

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New York's MTA strapped Google Pixels to moving subway cars, for science

In partnership with Google, the Metro Transit Authority took to tying several Google Pixel phones to subway cars in New...

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Google's pixel smartphones are now being alienated from New York's transport industry because it has been discovered that the devices can be used to detect problems in the rail network. (Continue reading)