ATRAIL - Active Travel Route Audits using Integrated LiDAR

公众描述ATRAIL的愿景是提供一种低成本的人行道和自行车道调查解决方案，地方当局可以使用该解决方案来简化和加快对其人行道和自行车道资产和街道景观的评估。这反过来将使地方当局采取更好的资产管理和维护策略-提高活跃的旅行基础设施的质量和安全，从而激励公众更多地参与活跃的旅行。我们的第一阶段项目将研究使用低成本商业现成(COTS)传感器技术(例如iPhone 12中的摄像头和激光雷达传感器)自动测量人行道和自行车道的技术和商业可行性，以提供对其状况、几何形状和特征的全面评估，目前只能通过步行手动视觉状况调查和街景审计实现。我们对活跃的旅行的社会和健康好处进行了充分的研究和宣传。我们坚信，积极旅行的任何障碍都应该消除，ATRAIL在改善活跃旅行者的基础设施方面发挥着关键作用，使其对社会各阶层来说都是可接近、有吸引力和愉快的。

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.