ATRAIL - Active Travel Route Audits using Integrated LiDAR

ATRAIL的愿景是提供一个低成本的人行道和自行车道调查解决方案，可以被地方当局用来简化和加快他们的人行道和自行车道资产和街景的评估。反过来，这将使地方当局能够采取更好的资产管理和维护战略——提高主动出行基础设施的质量和安全性，从而激励公众更多地采用主动出行。我们的第一阶段项目将研究使用低成本商用现货（COTS）传感器技术（例如iPhone 12中的摄像头和激光雷达传感器）的技术和商业可行性，以自动测量人行道和自行车道，提供对其状况、几何形状和特征的全面评估，目前只有通过手动视觉状况调查和街景审计才能实现。积极旅行的社会和健康益处得到了充分的研究和宣传。我们坚信，积极出行的任何障碍都应该消除，亚铁在改善积极出行的基础设施方面发挥着关键作用，使其对社会各阶层都具有吸引力和乐趣。

Public descriptionThe vision for ATRAIL is to deliver a low-cost footway and cycleway survey solution that can be used by local authorities to simplify and speed up the assessment of their footway and cycleway assets and streetscapes. This in turn will allow local authorities to adopt better asset management and maintenance strategies - improving the quality and safety of active travel infrastructure and thereby incentivising greater uptake of active travel by the public.Our phase 1 project will examine the technical and commercial feasibility of using low-cost Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) sensor technologies (e.g. the camera and LIDAR sensors in the iPhone 12) to automate surveying of footways and cycleways to provide a holistic assessment of their condition, geometry and features that is currently only achievable from walked manual visual condition surveys and streetscape audits.The societal and health benefits of active travel are well researched and publicised. We strongly believe any barriers to active travel should be removed and that ATRAIL has a key role to play in improving the infrastructure for active travellers making it accessible, attractive and enjoyable for all sections of society.