During Easter week 2023, set Axis Communications and Future by Lund up sensors at the roundabout on Solbjerg Road. On the portal across the road, a radar sensor was installed that measures the speed of vehicles and an image sensor that, with the help of AI, can record the type of vehicle passing on the road.

- In this measurement point, we will mainly measure heavier traffic such as trucks and buses together with passenger cars, says Anders Trana, project manager for FLOW. We have previously tried measuring speed and vehicle impact with a radar sensor in Veberöd. By adding an image sensor, we will have even better detection of the type of vehicle in question.

The test with radar on Dörrödsvägen in Veberöd was carried out together with AXIS, Sensative and Smart Villages and led to a good collection of data on the number of vehicles, their speed and at which times the traffic was densest. Distinguishing between different vehicles was more difficult, as the radar above all saw a difference between whether it was walking or vehicles passing.

The project also hopes that by combining six measuring points, it will also be possible to see how many vehicles stop in Brunnshög and how many are passing only. This is done because sustainability is central to Brunnshög — and this must be marked on traffic, among other things. The idea is that journeys to and from the area should consist of at least one third walking and cycling trips and at least one third public transport journeys while it should be no more than one third car journeys. This is a tricky task to solve, which is why the players in FLOW are working to leverage new technologies and combine their different areas of expertise to find common solutions. Among other things, it develops Acconeer, MiThings and Sensative a brand new combination of sensors that will soon be tested on pedestrian and bicycle lanes.

- It will be very exciting to compare against the third target when we have all six measurement locations, says Anders Trana. Hopefully we have found a model in which we can count off the through-traffic. This could also be the first time where we can see how we can replace old traffic bills using a combination of multiple sensors within an entire neighborhood.

Even for AXIS, the measurement is interesting.

- For us, this is both important and exciting, says Kristina Madolova at AXIS Communications. We can show how our solutions work, how we can use image sensors and radars, and retrieve data. This data will be displayed on a dashboard in the future.

In an innovation project, several actors often collaborate to make something completely new work. This sub-project is being implemented with the help of AXIS Communications, Future by Lund, Lund Municipality and Sensative. In addition, a big thank you goes to Wihlborg's properties, which have made it possible to carry out the work in practice. FLOW runs until the end of December 2024 and is funded by IoT Sweden.

The Flow project also participates Mobile Heights, California, MiThings, Smart Villages, Meltspot and Acconeer. The FLOW project is made in close cooperation with the project Lund Open Sensing City, LOSC, which is funded by Vinnova. In LOSC, Axis Communications, AFRY, The power ring, Lund University, Mobile Heights, Sensative, Sony, Telia and Trivecteur Trafic Enrolled project partners.

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In the big picture Dennis Montalvo Barthelemy and Kristina Madolova from AXIS Communications.

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