SAVIS

Who are our cities built for? People with special mobility requirements in particular will often ask themselves why their needs are rarely taken into account in urban planning measures. This omission often results in serious obstacles to mobility, such as non-accessible planning elements, poor visibility of vulnerable road users or inadequate maintenance of infrastructure elements, which impairs inclusive mobility for all road users. To counteract this, precise methods of analysis are needed to systematically record and evaluate accessible infrastructure.

The innovative pilot project ‘SAVIS’ (System Analysis for Traffic Safety and Inclusive Urban Mobility), supported by the Sustainability Centre, aims to use precise sensor technologies, modern stereo matching methods and simulation-based safety assessments to identify potential hazards and barriers in the cityscape and use the results to plan alternative infrastructure adaptations. As part of the project, methods for creating depth maps and 3D models will be developed and tested and a comprehensive data basis for optimising urban mobility will be created. On this basis, recommendations for steps towards inclusive mobility solutions can be drawn up in order to further sharpen expertise in the field of road safety and barrier-free mobility as a whole.

The SAVIS research pilot project is part of the research focus area ‘Resilient infrastructure and living spaces’ of the Sustainability Centre by addressing the topics of ‘Road safety research’ and ‘Holistic analyses, modelling and evaluation of critical infrastructure and living spaces’. It is planned to involve associated partners from industry and administration at an early stage in order to ensure user-centred technology development.

The pilot project is being funded by the LZN as part of the 2025-2027 research funding programme.