Paper presentation
Q&A
As the living fabric that connects urban places, streets play an important role in driving urban development, providing essential access and fostering human interactions.
Understanding pedestrian activities and how these activities vary in different streets is critical to the design of efficient as well as liveable streets. However, current street classification frameworks focus primarily on the functions of streets in transportation networks rather than actual activity patterns. And that results in coarse classifications.
This research proposes an activity-based street classification framework to categorize street segments based on their temporal pedestrian activity patterns, which is derived from high-resolution de-identified and privacy-enhanced mobility data. The results show that a street classification framework based on temporal pedestrian activity patterns can identify street categories at a finer granularity than current methods, which can offer useful implications for state-of-the-art urban management and planning.
In most Indian cities, walking is an activity performed with caution, especially for women. However, the promenades along the waterfronts of Mumbai are an exception. They are recognized as one of the few places with a pleasant walking environment for women.
These boardwalks provide the opportunity for various activities and ways to engage with the environment. Like connecting with nature, interacting with fellow pedestrians or just hanging out and immersing yourself in the rhythm of the city. This engagement becomes possible only when there is a feeling of safety.
In this paper presentation the relationship between environmental characteristics, physical and social, and the dynamics of safety is explored. This is done by means of observations along the waterfronts and an analysis of the interviews conducted with 25 women. The identification of the urban forms and atmospheres along the waterfront promenades play a key role in the vision and creation of places for women.
A Q&A follows after the presentation (beginning at 23:00).
The municipality of Amsterdam has the ambition to offer its citizens as much independent and equal participation as possible. However, people with disabilities face a wide variety of barriers when moving or participating in the city. Advances in artificial intelligence offer opportunities to improve the accessibility of the city.
Recent studies suggest that 25% of all people in cities encounter barriers based on age or disability. With the right partnerships and tools, we can accelerate the development and implementation of new urban technology and G2G solutions at scale. This paper presentation describes several research projects, such as a collaboration with World Enabled.
A Q&A will follow after the paper presentation (starting at 10:30).