In March 2022, Fondazione Innovazione Urbana and the Municipality of Bologna built a new public space for children in Via Procaccini (Bologna) near a middle school, using the approach of tactical urban planning and participatory design. The area chosen to build the new square was the subject of a mobility study conducted by Systematica and Transform Transport. The objective of the study was to monitor pedestrian and vehicular flows, with the aim of detailing specific patterns of space use. The monitoring was carried out through observations supported by a camera and video analytics techniques. The research produced a series of analyses related to observed flows in the area during the pre/ post-intervention phases. This was meant to support the iterative design process based on the tactical urbanism approach.
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