The first thing I drew was this pole thing I saw on Flatbush in front of the Avalon apartment. I don’t actually know what this is, but I think it could be a microwave radar as written in this week’s reading. These things actually count and track traffic in a certain intersection. This data could be used by the city or certain companies.
Or it could have been a lamp with a light sensor. I think it could have also been this because it had a white opaque top which kind of looked like a lamp.
The second picture is a camera pole near canal st on Lafayette. I think this could be speed camera or red light camera, but i think it is unlikely to be a red light camera because it is not facing a traffic light. It might be surveillance cameras as well as speed cameras which would help catch speeding cars.
The third picture are the schedule for when the trains are coming. These are everywhere in stations. Sometimes they are so helpful, but sometimes they are also so torturing because the train could be delayed many times and the screen could keep saying the same times. I actually don’t know how these screens know when trains are coming, because I heard from someone that the MTA employees actually do not know where the trains actually are in tunnels until the train is a few mins before it enters.
