Trivector is a traffic consultancy with a focus on sustainable transport. In recent years, Trivector has worked together with, among others, Lund Municipality and Future by Lund to see how, by collecting data in their app TravelVu, they can discover possible improvements to simplify residents' daily journeys. In the autumn, a new survey is being conducted by Trivector and the Technical Administration in Lund Municipality where volunteer Lundabor donate their trip data from a week to help the traffic planners. The project is called “Finding the Untapped Bicycle Potential”. Traditionally, surveys have been conducted with hoses in the roadway or students counting, and data is then collected only pointwise and for a short period. Instead, by collecting via an app on travelers' mobile phones, you can see entire journeys and where you travel throughout the day.

At the same time, AFRys Image sensors were installed at five locations in Lund to supplement this survey. These sensors measure how many people are cycling or passing by and what speed they have as they pass. By interpreting the data from the sensors by AI, it is possible to determine whether it is cyclists or pedestrians passing by.

- This is a way to carry out measurements without anyone standing by and counting or the municipality putting hoses in the way, says Anders Trana, project manager. So far, the sensors cannot distinguish between those who ride a bicycle and those who use an electric scooter. Over time, we hope that the AI we use will learn to distinguish between the different traffic laws.

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One of the sections equipped with sensors is the Hardeberg gas track between Lund and Södra Sandby. Here you will see a little extra on cyclists commuting between the resorts. This will later be supplemented by various measurement points in Södra Sandby, where the projects collect data both using image sensors and through about fifteen small radar sensors from Acconeer. Mobile Heights and MiThings are also involved in this project.

- By examining different aspects of commuting, we can learn lessons that allow us to carry out actions that make more people want to cycle, says Anders Trana. The section between Lund and Södra Sandby can be a reasonably long commuting distance where various measures could be effective.

In Lund, the AFRYS sensors will also be placed at junctions where, as a side effect, other flow measurements can be made. It could be to investigate other traffic aspects as well, such as how the tramway affects intersecting car traffic and whether motorists drive towards one-way. This data is mainly collected to try out how to measure all types of desired traffic patterns in more places in Lund. The results will be collected on a comprehensive integration platform that will allow responsible officials to gain deeper insights into mobility and thus enable them to make smarter decisions.

In another part of the project, AXIS sensors will also be tested. The focus will be on investigating traffic in Veberöd. There, Smart Villages wants to investigate the speed of certain selected routes. This could be a way to get an idea of how common it is with speed violations.

Future by Lund's three measurements are made within the project Lund Open Sensing City (LOSC) Participating partners are AFRY, Trivector, Mobile Heights, Axis Communications, Smart Villages and Acconeer.

The Finding the untapped bicycle potential survey is conducted in collaboration between Lund Municipality, Lund University of Technology, Trivector Traffic AB and Future by Lund.

Both research projects are funded by Vinnova.

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The big picture: Hans Forsberg and Mats Alexandersson deploy the new sensors.

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Subproject in LOSC

Financier: IoT Sweden

Project Time: May 2020 - December 2023

Project Manager: Anders Trana, Future City of Lund

Project partners: Axis Communications, AFRY, The power ring, Lund Municipality, Lund University, Mobile Heights, California, Sensative, Sony, Telia, Smart Villages and Trivecteur

What was the result? ONGOING

How is the project taken forward? ONGOING

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