The City of Stockholm has a project called “Levande Stockholm” (Liveable Stockholm). The aim is to make the city more enjoyable and friendly for walking. This is done by expanding the space for pedestrians and making the place more pleasant and accessible. A total of 20 places in Stockholm city were temporarily re-designed during summer 2018, one of which was Norrtullsgatan. Although the changes are not permanent, there are plans for them to become so. But first they asked Viscando to investigate how the new layout worked in practice.

All movement patterns through the area have been mapped using Viscando’s unique solution, based on 3D and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This gives a visual and comprehensive picture of the traffic, movement, flow, and speed. The images show parts of the result.

• The majority of cyclists and pedestrians tend to be on the correct designated surface.
• The yellow ellipses, however, show a relatively strong tendency for both pedestrians and cyclists to take shortcuts.
• Analysis and visualization of cyclists' speed show that they clearly lower their speed as they approach the intersection with Surbrunnsgatan.

The traffic office has recently received the results of Viscando’s measurements and analyses. This gives the planning office a much better opportunity to improve and optimize the design before it is made permanent. Conclusions from the Traffic Office and Theodor Bratt are:

• We can clearly see that the tendency to take a shortcut through the area is more pronounced than we had anticipated. We will take this into account in the final design. We will also reconsider the design and location of the cycle path.
• The interaction of bicyclists with other road users still seems to work relatively well and, in general, they keep a low speed through the area.
• We should change the location and number of items and plants in the final design to allow freer movement and better overview for pedestrians.