Kempten starts digital transport analysis for liquid city center!

Kempten starts digital transport analysis for liquid city center!

From July 2023, Kempten (Allgäu) will go smoothly! The city has launched an exciting project for digital traffic measurement in the city center. This project, which is realized in close cooperation with the mobility management of the city and Allgäuer Überland GmbH (AÜW), aims to optimize traffic in the city center and to increase the quality of life for all citizens. trendyone reports that the funding is secured by the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building and the KfW banking group. As one of the 73 funded municipalities, Kempten can drive digitization in urban development.

A central component of this project is intelligent camera systems that collect anonymized traffic data. These systems provide relevant information such as the number of vehicle, direction of travel and length of stay. This not only optimizes traffic light circuits, but through traffic can also be redirected efficiently. Thanks to this technique, it becomes possible to make traffic more fluid and at the same time increase the calm in residential areas. Data protection has a top priority: no pictures are saved, no license plate recognition is carried out and no movement profiles are created.

The Smart City Kempten

Kempten has set itself the big goal of becoming a smart city. This means that the city wants to develop digital solutions in order to increase the quality of life of its residents. With the implementation of a comprehensive smart city strategy, the city council took another step on June 29, 2023. In addition to the transport analysis, the future laboratory in Brandstatt 10 is also one of the innovative initiatives. Here, citizens as well as various representatives of urban society, business and science have the opportunity to actively work on the future of the city. kempten.de emphasizes that this future laboratory is an interactive experience space where creative ideas can be brought in and further developed.

The idea of ​​a smart city is not defined and varies from city to city. e-genius defines Smart Cities as places that prescribe social progress and sustainable urban development. Aspects such as quality of life and living play for all ages, access to education and culture as well as medical care. Kempten pursues the goal of a “city of short distances”, which is to be achieved through appropriate infrastructure, smart transport and improved urban logistics.