CALTRAIN INSTALLS AI TECH AT PALO ALTO STATION TO IMPROVE SAFETY

Caltrain has installed a form of artificial intelligence technology at its Palo Alto station to help keep people and vehicles away from trains. The system, called Railsentry, used a combination of laser sensing tech and two high-definition cameras to determine if people or objects are not where they are supposed to be.

"It uses AI to take camera and lidar footage, process it, and see if anything out of the ordinary is going on at the crossing," said Dan Lieberman, a Caltrain spokesperson. "If so, that’s reported to dispatch, so we can alert the trains or get transit police to deal with whatever the situation is.”

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