Futuristic plan for NY includes LED bridge lighting in color
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a far-reaching futuristic plan for the city that includes color LED illumination of bridges, completely automated toll booths and driver facial recognition cameras for tighter anti-terrorism security.
“So much in today’s world is about the immediate, it’s about the here and now, it’s about Twitter, it’s about Instagram and focusing on getting one day to the next,” said the Democratic governor, who presented what he calls his New York Crossings Project at the New-York Historical Society on Wednesday. “The reality is, it’s the long view that matters, and what are they going to say 10 years from now and 20 years from now and 30 years from now about what we accomplished while we were here?”