the smart streets hub: an internet of things approach to highways maintenance
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The Smart Streets Hub: An Internet of Things Approach to Highways Maintenance Nigel Davies
h?p://www.smartstreetshub.com
What Is the Smart Streets Project ?
An Internet of Things demonstrator project run by InTouch and funded by the
Technology Strategy Board
Key Partners Include:
Video
Example Problems
Problem -‐ Rain water washes griLng salt off the roads, councils don't know which areas need re salQng and there is no measure of the impact on the environment. Problem -‐ High temperatures soRen tarmac so vehicle use causes ruLng in the road surface. Problem -‐ Potholes causing accidents and damage to property which the council have to pay out in claims -‐ someQmes spurious claims Problem -‐ Public not knowing when is the best Qme to travel to avoid traffic, could any of the informaQon we collect aid in this? Problem -‐ Public oRen know of Crash/incident hotspots (regular incidents on stretches of roads) and this is not fed back to council or currently unable to be proven. Problem -‐ Badly designed roads needing constant maintenance when oRen re design or re surfacing would be more economical Problem -‐ Asset lifeQme/ maintenance is difficult to manage and predict Problem -‐ vehicle weights causing weaknesses to the road surfaces
The Smart Streets Hub
Trusted Data
Hackathon
• 12 Teams took place • 8 teams at the main Hackathon locaQon • 4 remote entrants connected by live 24h video feeds into a hangout
• 2 Swiss • 1 German • 1 domesQc: Southampton
• Total parQcipaQon: • Remote InternaQonal: 13 (8 Swiss, 5 German) UK: 4 • UK parQcipaQng at Lancaster: 17 compeQng and 9 internal
Hackathon
• Industry experts provided case studies and expert advice
• The Hackathon created a buzz around the Smart Streets hub with over 384,500 requests to the Smart Streets hub asking for 8.62 GB of data during the 2 days.
• Teams kept coding through the night ! • FantasQc feedback from parQcipants on the day • Judging panel including academics, industry, local authoriQes and parliament.
Example ApplicaQons
Apps
Tech
Contractors Consumers
SpaQal queries across hubs
Visual interface builder
Grouping roadworks for HM
Informed decision making
Data viz of area 10
Pothole detecQon
Crowd sourced repairs
Crowd sourced
monitoring
Journey planning with
repairs
Journey planning with
polluQon
Traffic info with
weather
Cyclist traffic info
and planning
Sample Research Challenge: The Role of PredicQon for Future IoT
Sample Research Challenge: The Role of PredicQon for Future IoT
• Highways maintenance represents an important and challenging domain for the IoT.
• The SmartStreets hub provides a wide range of capabiliQes that enables highways maintenance operaQves to share IoT data.
• Work on SmartStreets is conQnuing through the HyperCat consorQum.
• IoT research is exploring new areas including new capabiliQes around predicQon.
Closing Remarks