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