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T1 Towards a rational use of loading and unloading areas in urban environments
A1 Barba, Daniel
A1 March, Juan A.
A1 García-Villanueva, Sergio
A1 Del-Campo-Pardo, Héctor
A1 Llanos Ferraris, Diego Rafael
K1 Informática
K1 Delivery vehicles
K1 Loading/unloading areas
K1 Low-cost sensoring
K1 Sensor deployment
K1 Bluetooth LowEnergy
K1 Beacons
K1 Pollution
K1 Smart cities
K1 Transportation
K1 Vehicles
K1 1203 Ciencia de Los Ordenadores
K1 3304
AB Despite the efforts of the authorities, that promote the use of alternative transportation systems, the traffic still increases in European cities, leading not only to traffic jams but also to pollution episodes. Delivery vehicles are part of both problems, because of their intensive use, the advent of e-commerce, the limited number and sizes of loading and unloading areas in many ancient European cities, and the difficulties associated to keep track of the correct use of these spaces. In this work we propose an holistic solution to the management of delivery vehicles in urban environments. Our solution, called RYDER, is based on the use of BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) devices that should be provided by the local authority to delivery vehicles, as part of their authorization to use the loading and unloading areas. With the help of low-cost, low-power antennas with Bluetooth and 4G capabilities installed next to each loading/unloading area, the authorities are able to know in real time (a) the use of these areas by delivery vehicles, (b) the paths of the vehicles while they travel across the city, (c) the time spent in each area by each one of them, and (d) with the help of a mobile/tablet App, the local Police can check in seconds the permissions of each vehicle using these public spaces. Moreover, the use of a GIS-based platform allows the Traffic Department to track online each particular vehicle, based on the loading/unloading spaces being used, and to infer the most representative paths they follow, an information that may guide the decision about where these spaces are really necessary and whether each particular vehicle follows their associated usage rules. The deployment of RYDER low-cost antennas can also serve for other purposes, such as to track the routes followed by public loan bicycles, or by other fleets of public vehicles. With the help of low-cost sensors, antennas can also return an estimation of pollution values, such as levels of ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrous oxide, among others. This information may in turn drive the installation of certified pollution detectors.
PB SPIE
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/70849
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/70849
LA eng
NO Proc. SPIE 10431, Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments II, 104310O (4 October 2017)
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 23-nov-2024