Smart Walkability Platform

该项目的目标是开发一个 ** 智能步行平台 **。这将有助于地方当局和其他组织更有效、更全面地规划和投资，以实现向步行的转变，将其作为在城市和地方走动的一种手段。通过促进更多的步行，该平台将有助于实现零碳承诺，但也会带来显着的身心健康益处。它有助于规划“15分钟城市”，这是一个可持续的社区城市的新愿景，在那里，人们可以在离家15分钟的距离内找到一切。长期以来，道路和公共交通规划一直是各级重大规划和投资的主题，而自行车规划最近也有了显著的增长。然而，虽然 ** 每个人都步行 **，但人们如何在当地移动，是什么让人们步行以及如何改善步行通道和行人体验的知识很少。该项目将建立一种基于研究的方法来评估和衡量城市领域的可步行性。在此基础上，智能步行平台将对现有数据集进行分析，以评估路线的步行性，并在步行舒适度，安全性和体验等方面进行评分。它还将可视化一个地方的步行环境质量，并帮助确定必要的改进。该平台为地方当局的发展规划和投资决策提供了一个强大而富有洞察力的工具，并将可步行性置于地方可持续转型的核心。该项目由 **Urban Initiatives Studio** 领导。我们是城市设计师，在城市设计，发展和交通规划的交叉点进行跨学科工作。我们与公共和私营部门合作，开展详细和战略性的城市设计项目。我们是一个富有创造力的团队，总是跳出框框思考，寻找更好的城市设计方法。我们与 ** 伦敦大学学院巴特利特建筑环境学院 ** 的专家以及领先的数字机构 **DXW合作，共同交付该项目。该项目将实现 ** 政府清洁增长战略 ** 的多个主题，包括加速向低碳交通的转变，为更可持续的公共部门进行创新，以及应对和缓解气候变化的影响。

The aim of this project is to develop a **Smart Walkability Platform**. This will help local authorities and other organisations to plan and invest more effectively and comprehensively for the shift towards walking as a means to move around cities and places. By facilitating the greater uptake of walking the platform will contribute to Zero Carbon commitments but also deliver significant physical and mental health benefits. It contributes to the planning for the **'15 Minute City'**, a new vision for a sustainable city of neighbourhoods, where one can find everything in a 15 minute distance from home. Road and public transport planning for long have been the subjects of major planning and investment at all levels, whilst planning for cycling has seen recently a significant boost. However, while **everybody walks**, very little knowledge exists on how people are moving around locally, what makes people walk and how walking access and pedestrian experience can be improved. This project will establish a research-based methodology to **assess and measure the walkability** of the urban realm. Based on this the Smart Walkability Platform will undertake an analysis of existing datasets to evaluate the walkability of routes, and score the walking comfort, safety and experience among other aspects. It further will visualise the quality of the walking environment across a place and help identify necessary improvements. The platform provides a powerful and insightful tool for the planning of development and investment decisions in local authorities, and it puts walkability at the heart of the sustainable transformation of places. The project is led by **Urban Initiatives Studio**. We are urban designers who work interdisciplinary at the intersection of urban design, development and transport planning. We work with the public and the private sector on detailed and strategic urban design projects. We are a creative team, always thinking outside the box to find better ways of designing for cities. We have partnered with experts from the Bartlett School of the Built Environment at **University College London** and with **DXW, a leading digital agency**, to deliver this project. This project will deliver across a number of the themes from the **Government's Clean Growth Strategy** including accelerating the shift to low carbon transport, innovate for a more sustainable public sector, and address the impacts of and mitigate climate change.