Google’s first urban development raises data concerns

This illustration by Sidewalk Toronto shows the design for a proposed development of a rundown part of Toronto's waterfront.

Heated streets will melt ice and snow on contact. Sensors will monitor traffic and protect pedestrians. Driverless shuttles will carry people to their doors.

A unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet is proposing to turn a rundown part of Toronto’s waterfront into what may be the most wired community in history – to “fundamentally refine what urban life can be.