Smart Walkability Platform

这个项目的目的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，以将步行作为在城市和地方移动的一种方式。通过促进更多的步行，该平台将有助于实现零碳承诺，同时也带来显着的身心健康益处。它有助于“15分钟城市”的规划，这是一个可持续发展的社区城市的新愿景，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得到了显著的推动。然而，虽然每个人都在走路，但人们在当地是如何移动的，是什么让人们走路，以及如何改善步行通道和行人体验，这些方面的知识却很少。该项目将建立一种基于研究的方法来评估和测量城市领域的可步行性。基于此，智能步行平台将对现有数据集进行分析，评估路线的步行性，并对步行舒适性、安全性和体验等方面进行评分。它将进一步可视化一个地方的步行环境的质量，并帮助确定必要的改进。该平台为地方政府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，并将步行性置于地方可持续转型的核心。该项目由**Urban Initiatives Studio**牵头。我们是城市设计师，在城市设计、发展和交通规划的交叉领域工作。我们与公营及私营机构合作，进行详细及策略性的城市设计项目。我们是一个富有创造力的团队，总是跳出思维定势，寻找更好的城市设计方式。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代理机构DXW合作完成了这个项目。该项目将涵盖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，创新更可持续的公共部门，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.