Managing potential traffic danger zones in a growing city

Challenge: develop innovative new ideas where data can be used to help plan for a growing city (Grow Melbourne – A city planning for growth).

Task: design a tool for city managers that helps to plan and respond to city growth.

Problem to solve: Where are potential danger zones of high pedestrian counts combined with high traffic volumes?

Approach: Mashup pedestrian information available with traffic data to create visualisations and analytics.  

Goal: Reduce deaths or injuries due to pedestrian-traffic incidents through more-informed planning.