Conclusions for the urban design

Based on the information collected using IoT sensors and the expected results of the final measurements, potential design guidelines were specified. Possibilities of using them in the next iteration of work on the project of the Central Campus of the Warsaw University of Technology and in the discussion on the acceptance of selected design solutions are presented below.

The project envisages that, based on data collected from IoT sensors, including beam intersection sensors and CCTV monitoring cameras installed in a given area, a series of maps visualizing data on pedestrians and vehicles will be developed, which will be the starting material for drawing conclusions regarding the use of the analyzed space . It is assumed that it is possible to obtain both aggregate data for the entire analyzed area, as well as for its selected fragments. The assumption was made to present averaged data on an hourly basis and total daily information, taking into account the division into individual days of the week.

The work lists three basic types of data visualized at a later stage of work:

• Total number of users

o   Estimated total number of users.

o   Percentage share of individual user groups broken down into pedestrians, cars and other small vehicles.

• The degree of use of individual road sections

o   Maximum hourly, or calculated over a smaller period of time, user flows (pedestrians, cars, other small vehicles) on a given road section, registered on particular days of the week

o   Average pedestrian and vehicle flows for individual road sections broken down by hour and day, determined for individual days of the week.

o   Designation of actual pedestrian communication routes

• Speed of individual user groups

o   Visualization of the average speed of users on individual path sections

o   Marking areas where user traffic stops or slows down

A set of design guidelines obtained on the basis of data from IoT sensors was developed in the context of the revitalization project of the Central Campus of the Warsaw University of Technology, but thanks to its universality, it has the potential to be used also in other projects of redevelopment or revitalization of public spaces.

The collected data in accordance with the adopted scheme, may contribute to the determination of design guidelines, such as:

• Width of particular road paths.

• Correction of the location of pedestrian routes, based on the actual paths used by users.

• Location of potential center-forming places.

• Location of potential obstacles.

• Identification of areas with a low daily number of users and further verification of the cause of this phenomenon based on a site visit or other data collected.

• Estimation of the demand for the number of seats in the analyzed area.

• Selection of the location of the seating density areas on the basis of data on the use of space.

• Estimation of the actual number of vehicles using, including those parked in the analyzed area.

• Estimation of the percentage use of parking spaces

• Estimation of the impact of the presence of vehicles in individual areas of the analyzed area on the comfort and safety of users.