Manchester partners with Humanising Autonomy to measure impact of physical distancing on transportation

As a result of COVID-19, Humanising Autonomy and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) collaborated on a pilot designed to improve the safety for all users of public transport interchanges in Manchester. By deploying Humanising Autonomy's behaviour video analysis software, TfGM would be able to detect: adherence to social distancing, number of people and those in groups, directional movement, use of infrastructure and behaviour analysis. The pilot is meant to help inform response and recovery strategies. Data can also be used to better understand capacity for walking and cycling, in order to complement other data streams. The purpose of such analysis is to ensure that policy and infrastructure changes can be implemented intelligently to assist a better and faster recovery from the strains that the pandemic has imposed on society. The project was awarded funding as a part of the Innovate UK COVID-19 Rapid Response Competition.