Abstract
Abstract. The recent advancement in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) is seen as a critical enabler to design intelligent smart cities targeting different domains. One such domain is modes of transport in a city. Currently, various cities around the world are envisioning innovative ways to reduce emissions in the cities by increasing physically active mobility. However, there is still limited information about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians within city limits. To address this, we develop a 3D web-based safe routing tool called Vision Zero. Our concept prototype used Augsburg city, Germany, as a case study. The implementation is based on open-source tools. In the back-end, the OGC 3D Portrayal Service standard helps to deliver and integrate various 2D and 3D geospatial contents on a web-based client using CesiumJS. The OGC SensorThings API (STAPI) standard is used to manage historical and real-time open road-incident data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. The navigation system is built up based on the routing engine pgRouting, which calculates the safest route based on the mentioned STAPI server and the road-network dataset from OpenStreetMap.
Highlights
The most effective way to reduce emissions in cities is to increase physically active mobility
According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, every day, one cyclist dies on German roads (Statistisches Bundesamt, 2018)
This section describes the necessary elements needed to develop the 3D safe routing navigation application for pedestrians and cyclists. It consists of three main parts, including 1. web-based navigation system, 2
Summary
The most effective way to reduce emissions in cities is to increase physically active mobility. In 2017 more people died in cities using bicycles than cars It indicates that cyclists are the most vulnerable road users and unprotected in city traffic. In the 2018 coalition agreement, the German government committed itself to reduce the number of road deaths to zero (Koalitionsvertrag zwischen CDU, 2018). It proposed that municipalities invest in infrastructure. To support the government initiative and ensure an accident-free bicycle commute, in this paper, we propose a methodology that can help cyclists and pedestrians identify the most accident-prone areas in the city and a development on a proof-of-concept 3D Web-GIS application to educate the general public.
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