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From YouTube: Snowplow Tracker Press Conference - 1/16/15
Description
Guy Costa, Mayor William Peduto, Debra Lam, Mike Gable, & Lee Haller explain how the new City of Pittsburgh Snowplow Tracker works.
A
Good
morning,
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
here
for
this
special
announcement
today
about
our
snow
pile
tracker
system.
This
is
something
that
the
Department
of
Public
Works
in
the
Department
of
innovation
and
performances
working
on
the
last
seven
months
and
really
excited
to
announce
that
we
begin
this
with
our
next
snowfall
and
it's
a
long
time
coming
as
mayor
Peduto,
two
years
ago,
during
his
campaign,
he
had
initiative
number
92,
which
was
to
make
sure
that
every
city
city
plow
had
a
GPS
system
enter.
A
So
we
were
able
to
track
the
snow
operations
to
be
more
efficient,
to
provide
a
better
service
for
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
to
be
a
better
tool
for
the
public
works
department
when
they
manage
the
particular
snowstorms.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
support
in
allowing
Department
of
Public
Works
and
the
Department
of
innovation
performance
to
allow
us
to
move
forward
with
this
project.
The
reason
we're
waiting
this
time
of
the
year
is
we
were
hoping
to
announce
its
earlier
but
unfortunate.
A
When
you
get
much
snow,
this
winter
we're
very
lucky.
We
receive
one
third
of
the
snowfall
that
we
typically
see
between
october
and
and
december.
So
again.
Well,
thank
you
all
for
being
here,
but
also
want
to
introduce
director.
My
cable
Mike
raise
your
hand,
okay
and
chief
and
director
of
innovations
and
performance
debra
lamp.
A
I
want
to
thank
they
them
and
their
staff
for
the
hard
work
they
put
together
and
also
want
to
recognize
the
trying
to
Leonard
from
my
staff
for
the
hard
work
but
she's
put
into
this
over
the
last
seven
months
to
make
this
happen.
So
we're
really
excited
and
mayor.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
allowing
one
of
your
initiatives
become
reality
and
we're
really
excited
about
this
program,
and
thank
you
very
much.
B
Thanks
chief,
the
two
rite
of
passage
every
winter
in
Pittsburgh,
you
can
hear
the
chance
coming
up
from
the
valleys
and
on
the
hilltops
where's
my
plow
at,
and
there
was
a
time
when
we
would
have
to
assume
and
guess
in
good
faith
in
saying.
But
the
plow
was
on
your
street
last
night
at
3am,
but
no
real
way
to
be
able
to
know
for
sure
there
are
people
and
community
that
fill
their
streets,
never
being
plowed
earth
at
the
it's
not
being
treated
with
salt,
and
what
this
new
program
allows
is.
B
In
a
more
equitable
service
to
the
people
at
Pittsburgh,
we
have
a
great
team
assembled
that
has
the
capacity
to
do
these
types
of
things
to
utilize
technology
in
ways
to
help
people
and
two
of
those
folks
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
to
be
able
to
help
to
take
you
through.
This
is
our
Director
of
Public
Works,
my
cable
and
our
chief
director
of
innovation
and
performance
deborra-lee.
C
Next,
you
have
the
snow
angels
program
for
those
that
aren't
able
to
remove
snow
on
the
sidewalks
themselves,
followed
by
questions
on
the
snow,
removal,
ordinance
and
the
street
classification.
So
suddenly
it's
all
ingrained
with
this
one
website
to
showcase
all
the
different
features
of
snow,
along
with
a
fake
use
and
connected
press
releases.
So
for
the
first
time
you
have
311
that's
connected,
so
you
can
tweet
out
or
ask
questions
on
phone
calls
or
send
an
email
on
any
snow
and
ice
questions
that
are
non-emergency
related.
C
You
can
find
out
what
your
street
is
classified
as
what
level
you
are
undergoing
at
that's
that
point.
In
time
you
have
the
weather
to
correspond
with
the
changing
conditions
and
the
corresponding
community
events
within
snow
angels,
so
all
comprehensive
within
the
snowplow
tracker
to
support
that
snowplow
tracker
going
forward,
and
this
is
important
to
note
that
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
snowplow
tracker
is
a
really
important
tool
and
technology.
But
it's
not
just
the
release
of
this
one
technology
and
needs
to
be
supported
by
additional
communications,
additional
networks
to
support
it.
D
So
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
here
about
the
quick
reference
got
good
morning,
everybody
and
I'm
going
to
go
over
some
aspects
here
of
the
snow,
pile
tracker.
There
will
be
a
little
video
in
a
short
period
to
go
in
more
details
about
this,
but
use
my
little
pointer
here,
yeah.
So
first,
if
you
know
when
people
come
on
to
the
snow
tracker
they're,
not
it's,
it's
going
to
be
a
large
map
of
the
city
and
then
they're
going
to
have
to
sort
of
zoom
in
a
little
bit.
D
So
this
is
sort
of
a
screenshot
of
what
that
might
look
like,
and
this
is
particularly
the
central
business
district.
So
they
can
go
into
this
box
up
here
and
enter
an
address
and
they'll
be
able
to
see
whether
or
not,
if
that,
if
there
was
any
level
of
action
on
that
particular
street
or
that
address
at
the
bottom
here
is
a
control
bar
I'm,
not
sure
if
it's
all
showing
up
here
or
not
oh
yeah,
here
it
is
the
little
button
on
the
far
left
here.
D
C
I'm
sure
you
all
would
like
to
see
a
demonstration
after
we've
shown
you
this
to
key
people
that
were
fundamental
to
the
success
of
this
project.
Lorem
extol
from
my
team
and
Lee
Heller
from
DPW
will
next
give
you
a
demo
on
how
this
would
work.
The
one
caveat
is,
as
there
is
no
snow
right
now.
Therefore,
the
snowplow
tracker
is
not
activated.
C
It's
only
activated
when
there
is
a
snow
event
and
therefore
director
gable
announces
a
level
that
I
introduced
you
in
terms
of
level
one
level
two
and
then
it
will
be
activated
for
that
duration
that
the
snow
event
is
going
on,
but
because
of
the
weather
conditions
we
come
prepared
with
a
demo.
That's
Lee
and
Laura
can
share.
E
Ok,
thank
you
everybody.
So,
as
chief
Lee
I
mentioned,
the
next
thing
that
we
want
to
do
is
just
show
a
demonstration
of
the
snowplow
tracker
in
action
during
one
of
the
the
recent
snow
events
that
we
had
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks.
So,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
just
provide
a
couple
of
overview
things
to
orient
you
to
what
you'll
see
on
the
site
and
then
we'll
get
in
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
specific
features
of
the
snowplow
tracker
itself.
E
So
first
thing
in
the
upper
right-hand
corner
of
the
site,
you'll
see
a
legend
that
will
explain
what
symbols
you
see
on
the
map,
the
first
symbol:
there
is
a
green
truck
icon.
The
green
truck
icon
will
represent
where
Public
Works
vehicles
are,
at
the
current
time,
we're
not
showing
every
Public
Works
vehicle
that
has
GPS
device
installed,
only
those
that
work
specifically
on
snow
and
ice
control.
E
The
next
thing
that
you'll
notice
on
the
map
are
some
blue
circle
icons.
Those
circle
icons
actually
represent
a
cluster
of
vehicles
on
the
map.
So,
for
example,
a
cluster
of
vehicles
may
show
up
at
a
Public
Works
facility
during
a
shift
change.
They
may
also
show
up
at
a
salt
dome,
as
people
are
queuing
up
to
be
refilled
with
salt
during
a
storm.
E
If
you
double
click
on
the
blue
icon,
as
we
just
did
in
the
video
you'll,
be
able
to
drill
in
and
see
the
individual
vehicles
that
are
shown
with
in
that
cluster
clicking
on
the
green
icon
will
allow
you
to
see
for
that
particular
vehicle.
The
last
time
it
moved.
One
thing
that's
important
to
note
is
that
we
are
only
showing
vehicles
that
have
moved
within
the
last
four
hours,
because
those
are
the
vehicles
that
are
actively
involved
in
snow
and
ice
control.
E
E
Okay,
the
next
thing
that
we
want
to
do
is
actually
display
some
of
the
features
that
director
gable
talked
about
before.
So
the
first
thing
that
we're
going
to
do
is
actually
show
how
you
can
use
the
address
bar,
which
is
shown
in
the
upper
left-hand
corner
of
the
screen
to
zoom
into
a
particular
address,
and
for
this
demo,
we're
going
to
zoom
into
the
city
county
building,
address
414,
grant
street
and
you'll
see
that
the
map
will
refresh
and
a
star
icon
will
be
placed
on
the
map
that
corresponds
to
the
address
you
entered.
E
The
next
thing
we
want
to
cover
is
the
vehicle
history
display.
That's
listed
at
the
bottom
of
the
snowplow
tracker
site.
The
important
thing
to
recognize
here
is
that
if
the
track
or
the
icon
is
all
the
way
to
the
right
of
the
scroll
bar,
that
will
only
show
the
current
location
of
Public
Works
vehicles
on
the
map.
As
you
slowly
move
the
slider
to
the
left
as
we're
doing
here
in
the
video,
you
will
see
additional
history
trails
fill
in
on
the
map.
E
E
That's
taking
place
next,
if
you
click
on
one
of
the
green
icons
or
one
of
the
green
history
trails
on
the
map,
as
we
was
discussed
before
you
can
see
which,
when
that
street
was
last
traveled
on
so
you
can
see,
the
info
window
comes
up
to
show
that
a
plow
and
spreader
was
on
this
street
at
a
certain
time.
Again,
as
we
mentioned
before,
some
of
the
streets
you'll
see
a
darker
green
line,
whereas
certain
streets
you'll
see
a
lighter
green
line.
E
The
last
thing
to
point
out
is
that
you
can
reset
the
map
by
clicking
the
reset
map
button
in
the
lower
right
hand,
corner
of
the
snowplow
tracker,
and
that
will
take
you
out
so
that
you
can
view
the
full
city
and
again,
you
could
use
the
address
bar
to
zoom
to
another
address
of
your
choosing.
So
with
that
I
think
we
can
turn
it
over
to
questions
if
anyone
wants
to
wants
additional
details.
So.
D
Director
cable
did
you
have
any
trouble
selling
this
to
the
drivers
themselves,
any
resistance
on
their
part
to
be
monitored
in
this
way?
There's
the
union
has
some
concerns,
but
we're
working
with
them
to
work.
All
those
issues
out
was
what
concerns
President.
It
was
the
identity
of
the
vehicle,
but
we
still
have
that
history.
It's
not
just
not
available
to
the
to
the
public.
So.
F
F
C
So
that
that's
why
the
snow
resource
page
will
always
be
on
there,
you
will
always
be
able
to
see
every
one
of
the
information
in
terms
of
snow
level,
warnings
or
nits
classifications.
All
that's
going
to
be
there,
but
the
snowplow
tracker
will
only
be
turned
on
during
a
snow
event,
which
you
know
director
cable
will
have
to
me.
I
mean.
F
A
A
So
again,
what
they're
going
to
be
turning
onto
cimp
will
be
turned
on,
as
you
say,
the
switch
to
allow
the
meet
the
public
in
the
media
to
go
on
the
web
page
to
see
where
the
tracking
system
is,
but
a
GPS
is
on
24
7
for
vehicles,
so
the
Public
Works
can't
keep
an
eye
on
where
their
vehicles
are
at
all
times
to
do
all
right.
Some
of
the
vehicles
were
installed
probably
a
year
or
two
ago,
all
the
snow.
A
Fighting
equipment,
as
of
today,
has
been
installed
and
upgraded
with
the
GPS
system,
and
they
now
have
the
package
to
go
with
it.
So
every
snow
fighting
piece
of
equipment
we
have
I'm.
Sorry,
every
truck
that
Public
Works
has
is
is
program
with
a
GPS
system,
but
what
they
do
is
when
the
vehicles
that
are
being
used
for
the
snow
emergency
those
vehicles
are
identified
in
the
ones
that
we
tracked
during
a
snowstorm.
F
D
C
C
That
is
a
very
good
question
and
that's
why
you
have
the
snow
Resource
Center
for
so
if
students
are
concerned
about
their
commute
or
have
any
questions,
they
can
at
any
point
look
at
the
level
warning
if
it's
up
and
obviously,
if
it's
a
level
one,
they
should
be
a
bit
more
careful
as
a
level
2.
They
should
plan
accordingly,
ultimately
that
the
school
delays
or
cancellations
is
up
to
the
school
administrator,
but
I
think
they
would
look
to
this
as
a
resource
as
well
when
they
make
their
decision.
I
guess.
D
No,
it's,
for
instance,
I'll
use
last
Sunday
as
an
example.
We
had
snow
of
sunday
into
monday.
We
put
the
tracker
on
starting
at
ten
o'clock
at
night
and,
as
you
know,
through
the
mic
through
the
night
through
the
day,
mostly
it
was
just
rain,
but
we
were
able
to
track
the
history
that
when
we,
when
our
trucks
were
out
so-
and
we
turn
I,
guess
I,
don't
know
what
the
duration
that
was,
but
it's
it's
based
on.
When
we
get
our
weather
reports
the
estimated
time.
F
E
Only
issue
that
we've
been
aware
of
is
when
the
vehicle
is
actually
inside
a
public
works
building,
so
I
mean
and
that,
obviously,
if
it's
actively
involved
in
the
snow
event,
we
haven't
seen
any
issues
with
reception
from
the
units.
The
other
thing,
I
think
that's
important.
To
note,
though,
is
that
the
GPS
units
that
are
on
public
works
vehicles
are
not
only
used
for
snow
nice
control
purposes
that
the
GPS
units
give
us
the
ability
to
track
the
idle
time
of
those
vehicles.
The
drive
time
of
those
vehicles
and
idle
time.
E
B
E
As
we've
mentioned
and
we're
trying
to
emphasize,
this
is
only
the
first
release
of
the
snowplow
tracker
we've
mentioned
before
that
this
tracks,
the
movement
of
city
vehicles.
It
doesn't
track
active
snow
and
ice
treatment
of
streets
in
the
future.
One
of
the
things
that
we
are
planning
to
do
is
pilot
enhance
sensors.
That
will
actually
allow
us
to
know
whether
the
plow
is
up
or
down
whether
the
spreader
is
actively
on
or
not,
and
then
potentially
only
shows
streets
on
the
map
that
have
actively
been
treated.
E
D
To
add
to
that
I
think
we're
also
going
to
look
at
a
vest
to
look
at
whether
or
not
we
can
monitor
the
the
applications
that
the
drivers
are
doing.
In
other
words,
they
set
the
dial
and
how
much
salt
is
going
to
be
coming
out
in
a
spreader.
We
want
to
be
able
to
say
we
want
everybody's
spreader
at
five
or
three
or
eight
or
whatever,
and
that
way
we'll
be
able
to
control
the
amount
of
salt
going
out
it'll
be
make
it
more
efficient
about
our
salt
supply.
D
So
we're
looking
at
that
also
and
we're
not
sure
if
we
can
roll
it
out
this
year
or
not.
And
the
other
thing
too
again
just
to
clarify
is
that
they're
going
to
see
the
vehicles
on
the
street,
and
you
know
more
than
likely
they
are
salting
and
plowing.
But
there
are
times
where
people
are
going
to
see.
You
know
see
a
truck
moving
from
one
place
to
the
other
in
order
to
get
salt
again
get
reloaded
or
go
down
for
repairs
or
whatever
the
case
may
be.