"The City Council signed off on a $3.5 million, six-year agreement with Ladris Technologies to purchase a system its creators said can distill vast quantities of data to determine which route will most quickly lead evacuees to safety. The purchase comes just in time for the technology to aid in emergency preparations for a series of major sports events expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to San Jose next year."
"For example, to determine how many cars might pour out onto a potential evacuation route, emergency planners might want to look at data on a neighborhood's population density and rate of car ownership. Emergency officials might also want to assess the route's safety. To do so, they would likely need to draw on yet more sources of data: flood maps, weather forecasts, traffic conditions and even real-time data from local dispatch centers."
San Jose faces multiple disaster risks including wildfires, floods and mass shootings, requiring complex evacuation planning. The City Council approved a $3.5 million, six-year contract with Ladris Technologies for AI software that distills large datasets to identify the fastest evacuation routes. The system is timed to support preparations for major sports events expected to draw large crowds. Planners can combine population density, car ownership, flood maps, weather, traffic and real-time dispatch data to assess route capacity and safety. A nine-month evaluation found the software reduces route-calculation time from hours to minutes, preserving critical response time.
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