{"id":45988,"date":"2020-12-01T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=45988"},"modified":"2020-12-03T18:22:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T18:22:59","slug":"citizen-scientists-to-drive-cardiff-traffic-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/12\/01\/citizen-scientists-to-drive-cardiff-traffic-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Citizen scientists&#8217; to drive Cardiff traffic survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capital is one of five cities to take part in the Europe-wide survey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TRAFFIC sensors are being set up in homes across Cardiff in a bid to monitor traffic movement in the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local researchers are delivering 150 sensors to be installed in homes throughout the city, including Roath, Penarth and Grangetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey is part of Citizens Observing UrbaN Transport (WeCount), a research project involving six pilots in Madrid, Barcelona, Leuven, Dublin, Ljubljana and Cardiff. Each survey will run for two years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Enda Hayes, who put the project together, said the aim of the survey was to get people involved in the debate about local transport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can use the data for whatever reason people want to use it for \u2013 air pollution, road safety, active travel, whatever it might be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-770x1369.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-293x521.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-1400x2489.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-770x1369.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-293x521.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-1400x2489.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/roath_1-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe give [members of the public] the tools to gather the data, and then we go to work with them. Whether it\u2019s raising awareness, communications campaigns, assessing interventions or looking at air pollution data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUltimately, it\u2019s about empowering people to go from being citizen scientists to citizen advocates for change for healthier neighbourhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey is part of Horizon 2020, a European Commission research programme into sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff produced 1,647 kilotonnes of C02 in 2018, making it the third worst local authority in Wales for carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dafydd Trystan, Chair of the Active Travel Board, welcomed the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of enthusiasm for it,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople want to tackle traffic around schools and they want to make it safer for everyone to walk and cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just for people who cycle a lot. It\u2019s the person with mobility difficulties, it\u2019s the family with small children. You want infrastructure that is safe for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Taffs Mead Embankment, in Grangetown, local residents cited traffic volume as a particular concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve lived here for 19 years,\u201d said Michael Baker, 58. \u201cSince they closed Castle Street the volume of traffic on this road has increased substantially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the council should be making decisions on the basis of evidence. 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