MobilitySafe: Increasing safety and sustainability of micro-mobility modes in pandemic

The MobilitySafe project aims to develop a map-based tool to help individuals navigate cities in times of pandemic and conflict.

Walking and cycling in India

In times of pandemic and conflict public transport and vehicle sharing services are frequently halted or avoided, and many people turn to cycling or walking for small distances. By partnering and working with urban development companies and agencies, such as GIZ India and Deloitte India, alongside local authorities, MobilitySafe aims to provide an open app and web-based utility to help users determine safe walking and cycling routes that avoid transmission spots or conflict zones.

Led by Dr Devanjan Bhattacharya, Train@ed Research Fellow, the project will initially focus on the Indian pilot cities of Bhuvaneshwar and New Delhi, which were selected by the German Government for special support on their way to becoming Smart Cities.

The Mobility Dashboard is live and the data is available on this site and also on request.

MobilitySafe is funded by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account scheme.