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Saginaw council approves one-year Urban SDK traffic-data license amid privacy concerns
Summary
The council approved a $23,725, one-year base-plan license with Urban SDK for traffic and speed analytics. Supporters said it will speed data collection and reduce hazardous fieldwork; some council members raised consumer-data and AI-modeling privacy concerns. Vote was 8–1.
The Saginaw City Council approved a one-year, $23,725 license with Urban SDK for traffic-data analytics on Aug. 11, with supporters saying the service will speed traffic studies and reduce the need for staff to place manual counters in roadways. The contract passed on a roll-call vote of 8–1.
City staff described the product as a software platform that accesses anonymized third‑party vehicle telematics to provide traffic volumes and speed data for planning and engineering requests. Phil, a public‑services/engineering staff member, told the council the data…
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