Stories

From the field

Research happens in places, with people. These are some of the stories from our work.

Community host

Why I said yes to hosting a sensor

[Coming soon — a conversation with one of our London hosts about what made them agree to participate and what they've noticed since installation.]

Field notes

Photo essay

What a Road Safety Audit looks like from the ground

[Coming soon — a photo essay from one of our site visits in London, Ontario.]

Data in context

The street the data revealed

[Coming soon — one site's story, told through its first month of count data.]

One sensor, one day

Instagram story

24 hours on a residential street

[Coming soon — a vertical-format day-in-the-life of a single sensor: dawn dog-walkers, the school rush, the lunchtime lull, the after-school bike pack. Built as a swipeable Instagram story with one count per hour.]

Spot the cyclist

Reel

What our AI sees (and doesn't store)

[Coming soon — a short reel showing how edge-AI classifies a pedestrian vs a cyclist vs a car in real time, then deletes the image. Privacy explained in 15 seconds.]

Before / After

Carousel

The crossing that got a beg button

[Coming soon — a two-frame carousel: the intersection before our data went to council, and the same intersection after. Caption tells the political story in three swipes.]

Meet the host

Instagram story

Portraits from the porch

[Coming soon — square-format portraits of our community hosts on the porches where their sensors live. One image, one quote, one neighbourhood at a time.]

By the numbers

Instagram story

This week on Wharncliffe Road

[Coming soon — a weekly recurring story template: pedestrians counted, cyclists counted, busiest hour, quietest hour. Designed to be reposted by hosts and shared by councillors.]