Sidewalk Labs

Sidewalk Labs
Subsidiary of Alphabet
Industry Urban planning, infrastructure
Founded June 10, 2015 (2015-06-10)
Headquarters New York, NY
Key people
 Dan Doctoroff
Rohit Aggarwala
Craig Nevill-Manning
Parent Alphabet Inc. (2015–present)
Subsidiaries Intersection
Website sidewalklabs.com

Sidewalk Labs is Alphabet Inc.'s urban innovation organization. Its goal is to improve urban infrastructure through technological solutions, and tackle issues such as cost of living, efficient transportation and energy usage.[1][2]

It is headed by Daniel L. Doctoroff, former deputy mayor of New York City for economic development and former chief executive of Bloomberg L.P.[3] Other members include West Coast-based former Andreessen Horowitz junior partner Sam Gerstenzang; Anand Babu, ex-Google manager of Google Now software;[4] and Craig Nevill-Manning, co-founder of Google's New York office and inventor of Froogle.[5]

Projects

Sidewalk Labs led the acquisition of Control Group and Titan forming a subsidiary called Intersection. As the largest municipal media company in the U.S., Intersection cooperates with city governments to design media platforms that create public assets and serve the needs of advertising clients.[6]

Intersection's first product is LinkNYC, which is turning 7,500 old public pay phones into kiosks delivering free gigabit Wi-Fi, video and voice calling, and access to emergency and other city services across New York City. Intersection is exploring bringing Link to other cities.[7]

Flow

Sidewalk is also working with the U.S. Department of Transportation to assess road data gathered from smartphones to analyze congestion and other traffic conditions, and develop a transportation coordination platform to improve the efficiency of road, parking, and transit use.[2][8]

Project Sidewalk

In April 2016, The Information reported that Sidewalk plans to create a new city in the United States to test design ideas prior to real world implementation.[9] Sidewalk has not confirmed that report but has said it's engaged in thought experiments about what it could be like to develop a community "from the internet up."

References

  1. ↑ "Sidewalk Labs" Seeks to Improve City Life
  2. 1 2 Alphabet Inc Subsidiary Sidewalk Labs Hints at Development Plans for a New City
  3. ↑ Lohr, Steve (2015-06-10). "Sidewalk Labs, a Start-Up Created by Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  4. ↑ "Meet Sidewalk Labs, Google's Company That's Trying to Fix Cities and the Internet All at Once". Re/code. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  5. ↑ "Sidewalk Labs, Google's Company for Cities, Builds Its Inaugural Executive Team". Re/code. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  6. ↑ Intersection official site
  7. ↑ Sidewalk Labs - Link NYC
  8. ↑ Sidewalk Labs - Flow
  9. ↑ Lessin, Jessica (14 April 2016). "Alphabet's Sidewalk Preps Proposal for Digital District". The Information. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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