PeMo

Pedestrian Motion App

an advanced smartphone-based analysis and planning tool for the city

How to collect precise data of pedestrian

movement in the city?

A new smartphone-app based on the method of

existing running-apps, registers walking speed and
track of pedestrians
The town planning service requests a large number
of probands to install the app.

50.000 smartphones collect huge amounts of data

The data is interpreted by algorithms and generates a map

How to use the tool

Example
The Herderplatz, Weimar

search the map for unusual occurrances and unexpected anomalies

Example
The Herderplatz, Weimar

surprisingly big accumulation of slowly moving people

Example
The Herderplatz, Weimar

surprisingly fast movement of pedestrians at the corner

Example
The Herderplatz, Weimar

surprisingly fast movement around very slow area on the sidewalk

Example
The Herderplatz, Weimar

Identify the source

of the anomaly
at the location.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario I

Identify the source

of the anomaly
at the location.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario I

http://www.architekten-thueringen.de/aktuell/deutscher-staedtebaupreis-2014-23252.html, abgerufen am 27.01.2015

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario I

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Intervention is possible
AND needed!

Take action!

Scenario I

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Intervention is possible
AND needed!

Lower rents and promote

the place with
new tenants!

Scenario II

Identify the source

of the anomaly
at the location.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario II

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/zwei-jahre-rauchverbot-per-mundpropaganda-ins-qualmstueberl-1.1428045, abgerufen am 10.01.2015

People smoking in front

of Caf Wnsch Dir was.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario II

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Intervention is possible
AND needed!

Take action!

Scenario II

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Intervention is possible
AND needed!

Offer smoking corner in

backyard.

Scenario III

Identify the source

of the anomaly
at the location.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario III

www.competitionline.com/upload/images/b/e/f/d/f/a/6/5/befdfa6564d6e5211cb195318589b541_1.jpg, abgerufen am 27.01.2015

Fountain toy attracts

children and bystanders.

Need and possibility

for an intervention ?

Take action!

Scenario III

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Intervention is possible
BUT NOT needed!

Take action!

Scenario III

Abandoned store
on the corner.

Intervention is possible
BUT NOT needed!

Install similar things in

other areas of the city to
increase their quality.

Conclusion

The new possibilities of smartphones provide more precise data of the movement of pedestrians
The collected data of pedestrians walking speed and track can indicate where interventions are
necessary and it can convert subjective presumptions to assured facts.