How LADOT Uses UbiHub AI+ for Curb Management and Mobility Intelligence

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) uses Ubicquia's UbiHub AI+ platform on existing streetlight infrastructure to gain real-time visibility into activity across the public right-of-way. The initiative supports monitoring for illegal dumping, parking and curb utilization, construction, micromobility, bus-stop activity, and broader transportation intelligence — deployed on infrastructure LADOT already owns instead of building a dedicated sensor network.

The problem being solved: in several commercial and industrial areas throughout Los Angeles, recurring illegal dumping, vandalism, and infrastructure theft created ongoing operational challenges. Dumped materials regularly accumulated near intersections and along critical corridors, creating hazards, obstructing traffic flow, and requiring repeated response from city crews. LADOT needed a better way to understand what was happening in these locations between site visits — moving beyond citizen reports and field inspections to proactive, data-driven decision-making.

The challenge: managing what you can't see

Managing city streets requires more than moving vehicles efficiently. Recurring illegal dumping, vandalism, and infrastructure theft in commercial and industrial areas created ongoing operational issues that traditional monitoring — citizen reports, periodic inspections — couldn't address proactively. LADOT needed continuous visibility into problem areas to move from reactive response to preventive management.

The solution: turning streetlights into intelligence

Many of the locations experiencing recurring issues already contained an overlooked asset: streetlights. Distributed throughout the public right-of-way, streetlights provide power, elevation, and strategic placement — perfect infrastructure for cameras and analytics. Rather than building a dedicated monitoring network, LADOT deployed UbiHub AI+ on existing lighting to support cameras, edge AI, and real-time awareness in the areas where visibility was needed most.

The platform supports monitoring related to illegal dumping activity, parking and curb utilization, construction monitoring, micromobility operations, bus-stop activity, public-space awareness, and transportation intelligence — all through infrastructure LADOT already owned. Deployment happened faster and with significantly less complexity than approaches requiring new poles, power connections, or dedicated communications networks.