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Cyclist safety is the focus of this IoT solution developed by Atlântico

One of the challenges for those who live in big cities is linked to urban mobility. Is there a way to avoid traffic jams, make better use of your time in taking care of your well being, avoid a treacherous journey and still contribute to the improvement of environment? A good way to get most of these benefits is to use a bicycle as a form of transport.

But what about safety? Atlântico developed SafeToGo, an urban mobility solution focused on cyclist safety, as part of the IoT Platform project. The project has been conducted by CPQD in partnership with other institutions – including Atlântico itself – and with resources from the Fund for Technological Development of Telecommunications (FUNTTEL)/Finep.

Luiz Alves, Atlantico’s Innovation and New Business Manager, tells us how SafeToGo was initially conceived within a co-creation process that took place in the organization in 2017 and which, after some studies, evolved into a solution of urban mobility safety for cyclists. “We were challenged to think of alternatives that would make the cyclist’s journey safer. Several ideas came up, but the one that caught our attention was the simple idea of delivering a safe route for users. To calculate the safety of the route, we take the parameters of lighting, road quality, presence of other cyclists and physical protection barriers into consideration. And that’s how SafeToGo came about”, explains Luiz.

Custom routes

SafeToGo was created to solve the daily problems of cyclists on their everyday routes, difficulties that involve safety, comfort and practicality. It does this by providing the user with a safer route to be taken during their journey.

Through sensors, the application performs a rich collection of data during the many cyclists’ journeys, which makes the tracking of routes much more intelligent and detailed. In addition, the user of the application can create alerts whilst on route. “With this data, it is possible to create a base of relevant information for decision-making and the formulation of public policies for a smart city”, emphasizes Alves.

All data collected by SafeToGo is sent to the open platform dojot, which was developed by CPQD within this very project. Dojot has the aim of facilitating the creation of IoT applications aimed directly at Brazil and the Brazilian reality. “dojot is the IoT middleware of the SafeToGo solution, which acts as the main component of data collection”, emphasizes Norberto Alves Ferreira, manager of Systemic Solutions for IoT and Artificial Intelligence at CPQD. “Its open interfaces and APIs allow access to data in real time, with scalability and security,” he adds.

Experimentation

SafeToGo went through an experimentation period, with the support of the Operations Center of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (COR), in which it was tested by volunteer cyclists to verify the quality of collection, creation of routes and evaluation of usability.

According to Luiz, during the pilot there were many more discoveries made and it was possible to verify that SafeToGo could support the public administration in creating new urban mobility policies. The collection of street lighting and road quality parameters are some of the examples of data that can assist with this process. With the advancement of the project’s development, it was possible to see new routes created by the cyclists themselves, even when the cycle path or cycle lane was just a few meters long. “We are excited with the results of the project’s pilot and we are certain that soon we will close the innovation cycle by bringing an idea that came about in a co-creation process, to the market. What makes us most proud is knowing that this idea will help make the journey of cyclists safer and that we are helping to preserve lives”, he celebrates.

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